A thief plans to steal a bar of gold from a woman\'s purse andreplace it with a

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A thief plans to steal a bar of gold from a woman's purse andreplace it with a bag of sand. Assume that the volumes of gold andsand are 350 mL each and the density of sand is3.00g/cm3. a. calculate the mass of each object b. would the woman notice a difference in the weight of herpurse? A thief plans to steal a bar of gold from a woman's purse andreplace it with a bag of sand. Assume that the volumes of gold andsand are 350 mL each and the density of sand is3.00g/cm3. a. calculate the mass of each object b. would the woman notice a difference in the weight of herpurse?

Explanation / Answer

a. mass of sand = density x volume = (3.00g/cm^3) x (350 mL*)= 1050 g of sand mass of gold= density x volume = (19.32g/cm^3**) x (350 mL*)= 6762 g of gold *note that 1 mL = 1cm^3 **density of gold is 19.32 grams/cm^3

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