Question

A student is trying to identify a clear liquid that he finds in a beaker in the classroom. He thinks the liquid might be either water or ethanol, and he decides to identify the liquid using a density. The density of water is 1 g/cm3. The density of ethanol (clear alcohol) is 0.789 g/cm3.
The student has 50 cm3 of the liquid, and its mass is 4.99 grams. What is the identity of the liquid?

A. ethanol
B. water
C. neither water nor ethanol
D. a 50/50 mixture of water and ethanol

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Answer 1

Simply mulitply the volume by the density. As we shall see, this is dimensionally consistent.

Explanation:

density

ρ

=

Mass

Volume

, and thus units of

g

⋅

m

L

−

1

are reasonable.

For this problem:

17.4

⋅

m

L

×

0.798

⋅

g

⋅

m

L

−

1

≅

14

⋅

g

but A i supposed?