A cuboidal piece of wood has dimensions $a, b$ and $c$. Its relative density is $d$. It is floating in a large body of water such that side a is vertical. It is pushed down a bit and released. The time period of $SHM$ executed by it is :
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Time period of $SHM$ of small vertical oscillations in a liquid is given by $T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}, \text { where }}$

$l$ is the length of $cube/cylinder$ dipped in the water.

So according to law of floatation,

weight of the cube $=$ weight of the water displaced

$a b c \times d \times g=b c l \times 1 \times g$

$\Rightarrow l=d a$

$\Rightarrow T=2 \pi \sqrt{\frac{d a}{g}}$

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