Question

Butter has a specific gravity of 0.86. What is the mass of 2.15 L of butter?

Answer 1

Answer:

The mass of butter is 1849 g.

Explanation:

Given data:

Specific gravity of butter = 0.86

Volume = 2.15 L

Mass = ?

Solution:

Specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of density of substance divided by the density of water.

Thus the density of butter is 0.86 g/mL

Formula:

Conversion from L to mL

2.15 /1000 = 2150 mL

d = m/v

0.86 g/mL = m/2150 mL

m =  1849 g

Thus the mass of butter is 1849 g.

Answer 2

The mass of the butter has been 184.9 g.

Specific gravity has been defined as the density of the substance with respect to the density of water.

The density of pure water has been 1 g/mL. Thus, the specific gravity of the substance has been equivalent to the density of the substance.

Computation for the mass of Butter

The given specific gravity of butter has been 0.86.

The volume of butter has been, $\rm 2.15\;L=2.15\;\times\;1000\;mL\\2.15\;L=215\;mL$

The density of the substance has been given as:

$\rm Density=\dfrac{Mass}{Volume}$

Substituting the values for the mass of butter:

$\rm 0.86=\dfrac{Mass}{215} \\Mass=215\;\times\; 0.86\\Mass=184.9\;g$

The mass of the butter has been 184.9 g.

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