Multiple Choice
In the picture below,when the ship is filled with cargo it sinks into the water until the mass of water displaced is equal to the mass of the cargo.The ship is then said to be ________.
A) an equipotential surface
B) a self-exciting dynamo
C) equal to the geoid
D) in isostatic equilibrium
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