Question

3.20 × 105 gallons of tar (SG = 1.20) is stored in a 20.0-ft tall storage tank. What is the total mass of the liquid in the tank?

Answer 1

Answer:

Mass of the liquid in the tank will be $1.45\times 10^8kg$

Step-by-step explanation:

We have given volume of tar $V=3.20\times 10^5gallon$

1 gallon = 3.785 liter

So $3.20\times 10^5gallon=3.20\times 10^{5}\times 3.785=12.112\times 10^5liter$

Specific gravity = 1.2

Density of water $=1000kg/m^3$

We know that specific gravity $=\frac{density\ of\ liquid}{density\ of\ water}$

$1.2=\frac{density\ of\ liquid}{density\ of\ water}$

Density of liquid $=1200kg/m^3$

So mass of liquid = volume × density

= $12.112\times 10^5\times 1200=1.45\times 10^8kg$

So mass of the liquid in the tank will be $1.45\times 10^8kg$