A vessel contains oil (density =$ 0.8 \;gm/cm^3$) over mercury (density = $13.6\; gm/cm^3$). A homogeneous sphere floats with half of its volume immersed in mercury and the other half in oil. The density of the material of the sphere in $ gm/cm^3$ is
IIT 1998, Diffcult
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