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A merchant in Katmandu sells you a solid gold 1.000-kg statue for a very reasonable price. You wonder whether or not you got a bargain, so you lower the statue into a measuring cup and measure its volume. What volume will verify that it’s pure gold?
Volume of gold for the verification of its purity.
Answer to Problem 55A
Volume
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Mass of gold,
Formula Used:
The density is given as,
Where,
Calculation:
As, the density of gold is
So, substituting the values in formula
Conclusion:
Therefore, volume
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