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specific gravity = relative density , datum is water density @ 1 000kg/m^3

say iron at 8000kg/m^3, specific gravity (relative density)= 8000/1000 = 8

imagine see saw with 1 cubic metre iron 1 metre left of fulcrum , to balance put 1 cubic metre of water 8 metres right of fulcrum

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