Austin performed an experiment. He put 100mL of vegetable oil (density 0.9 g/ml) in a graduated cylinder. He put a 100g mass of an unknown metal in to the oil and it sank while displacing 11 mL of oil. How much should the unknown metal weigh in the oil?

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Alanna Shaffer

21 March, 20:58

Austin performed an experiment. He put 100mL of vegetable oil (density 0.9 g/ml) in a graduated cylinder. He put a 100g mass of an unknown metal in to the oil and it sank while displacing 11 mL of oil. How much should the unknown metal weigh in the oil?

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Riley Chase · Answer 1

mass of displaced oil = 11 x. 9

= 9.9 gm

9.9 x 10⁻³ kg

weight of displaced oil = 9.9 x 9.81 x 10⁻³ N

=.097 N.

buoyant force by oil =.097 N

weight of unknown metal =.1 x 9.8

=.98 N.

weight of metal in oil =.98 -.097

=.883 N.

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