Question

Calculate the true mass (in vacuum) of a piece of aluminum whose apparent mass is 4.5000 kgkg when weighed in air. The density of air is 1.29 kg/m3kg/m3, and the density of aluminum is 2.7×103kg/m32.7×103kg/m3.

Answer 1

Answer:

The true weight of the aluminium is $m_{alu} =$ 4.5021 kg

Explanation:

Given data

$m_{app}$ = 4.5 kg

$\rho_{air}$ = 1.29 $\frac{kg}{m^{3} }$

$\rho_{al}$ = 2.7× $10^{3} \frac{kg}{m^{3} }$

The true mass of the aluminium is given by

$m_{alu} = \frac{\rho_{alu}m_{app}}{\rho_{alu} -\rho_{air} }$

Put all the values in above equation we get

$m_{alu} = \frac{(2700)(4.5)}{2700-1.29}$

$m_{alu} =$ 4.5021 kg

Therefore the true weight of the aluminium is $m_{alu} =$ 4.5021 kg