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?

Explanation:

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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