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An ornament weighing $36g$ in air, weighs only $34g$ in water. Assuming that some copper is mixed with gold to prepare the ornament, find the amount of copper in it. Specific gravity of gold is $19.3$ and that of copper is $8.9$.
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Weight of ornament in air, $W_{air} = 36g $ Weight of ornament in water $, W_{water} = 34g$
Specific gravity of gold, $\rho_\text{g}=19.3\text{g}/\text{cc}$ Specific gravity of copperm, $\rho_\text{c}=8.9\text{g}/\text{cc}$
Let $v_c$ be the volume of copper and $v_g$ be the valume $o$ gold Loss of weight $-$ wight if displacement water $($buayanve$)36-34=2\text{g}$
$\text{W}=\text{v}_\text{g}\times \rho_\text{g}\times\text{g}+\text{v}\text{c}\times \rho \times \text{g}$
$36\text{g}=19.3\text{v}_\text{g}\times \text{g}+8.9\text{v}_\text{c}\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \text{m}_\text{g}+\text{m}_\text{c}=36\dots(1)$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{\rho_\text{g}}+\frac{\text{m}_\text{c}}{\rho\text{c}}\Big)\rho _\text{w}\times \text{g}=2\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{19.3}+\frac{\text{m}_\text{c}}{8.9}\Big)=2\dots(2)$
Solving $(1)$ and $(2)$ Mass of gold in ornament, $m_g = 33.75$ Mass of copper in ornament,$ m_c = 2.225$
Since, the goldsmith argues that he has not mixed copper or any other material with gold, rather some cavities might have been left inside the ornament.
Now, $\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{33.75}{19.3}+\text{V}_\text{cavity}\Big)=2$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{\rho_\text{g}}+\text{V}_{\text{cavity}}\Big)\rho_\text{w}\times \text{g}=2\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \text{V}_\text{cavity}=0.251$
Weight of ornament in air, $W_{air} = 36g $ Weight of ornament in water $, W_{water} = 34g$
Specific gravity of gold, $\rho_\text{g}=19.3\text{g}/\text{cc}$ Specific gravity of copperm, $\rho_\text{c}=8.9\text{g}/\text{cc}$
Let $v_c$ be the volume of copper and $v_g$ be the valume $o$ gold Loss of weight $-$ wight if displacement water $($buayanve$)36-34=2\text{g}$
$\text{W}=\text{v}_\text{g}\times \rho_\text{g}\times\text{g}+\text{v}\text{c}\times \rho \times \text{g}$
$36\text{g}=19.3\text{v}_\text{g}\times \text{g}+8.9\text{v}_\text{c}\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \text{m}_\text{g}+\text{m}_\text{c}=36\dots(1)$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{\rho_\text{g}}+\frac{\text{m}_\text{c}}{\rho\text{c}}\Big)\rho _\text{w}\times \text{g}=2\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{19.3}+\frac{\text{m}_\text{c}}{8.9}\Big)=2\dots(2)$
Solving $(1)$ and $(2)$ Mass of gold in ornament, $m_g = 33.75$ Mass of copper in ornament,$ m_c = 2.225$
Since, the goldsmith argues that he has not mixed copper or any other material with gold, rather some cavities might have been left inside the ornament.
Now, $\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{33.75}{19.3}+\text{V}_\text{cavity}\Big)=2$
$\Rightarrow \Big(\frac{\text{m}_\text{g}}{\rho_\text{g}}+\text{V}_{\text{cavity}}\Big)\rho_\text{w}\times \text{g}=2\times \text{g}$
$\Rightarrow \text{V}_\text{cavity}=0.251$