An ornithologist weighs a bird bone in air and in water to find the bone’s density.  The mass of bone in air is 25 g and its apparent mass in water is 2 g         a)  What mass of water does the bone displace? Express your answer in kilograms         b)  What buoyant force is exerted by water in N?         c)  Calculate the volume of the bone in cubic meters         d) calculate the density of the bone in g/ml

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An ornithologist weighs a bird bone in air and in water to find the bone’s density. 

The mass of bone in air is 25 g and its apparent mass in water is 2 g

        a)  What mass of water does the bone displace? Express your answer in kilograms

        b)  What buoyant force is exerted by water in N?

        c)  Calculate the volume of the bone in cubic meters

        d) calculate the density of the bone in g/ml

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