The Bathyscaphe Trieste Consists of a Thin-Walled but Very Strong $880 \mathrm {~kg} / \mathrm { m } ^ { 3 }$

The bathyscaphe Trieste consists of a thin-walled but very strong cylindrical hull, 15.2 m long and 3.66 m in diameter, filled with gasoline with a density of $880 \mathrm {~kg} / \mathrm { m } ^ { 3 }$ to make it buoyant. If it is totally submerged in seawater with a density of $1025 \mathrm {~kg} / \mathrm { m } ^ { 3 }$ and neither rising nor sinking, what is the weight of the Trieste craft?

A) 227 kN
B) 527 kN
C) 127 kN
D) 327 kN
E) 427 kN

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