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Trim
Suppose a ship, floating at waterline W1L1 (Figure 1.1), is caused to

trim slightly, at constant displacement, to a new waterline W1L1 intersecting the original
waterplane in a transverse axis through F.

Figure 1.1 Trim changes

The volumes of the immersed and emerged wedges must be equal

so, for small θ :

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