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A little aluminum boat (mass of 14.50g) has a volume of 450.00cm3. The boat is placed in a small pool of water and carefully filled with pennies. If each penny has a mass of 2.50g, how many pennies can be added to the boat before it sinks?

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Answered by DrBob222
Archimedes Principle states that a body is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the water displaces. The volume of the boat is 450 cc so it can displace that much. How much will 450 cc water weigh? How many pennies to overcome that?
Answered by Jhun Leo
175pennies
Answered by Jhun Leo Belen
A little aluminum boat (mass of 14.50g) has a volume of 450.00cm3. The boat is placed in a small pool of water and carefully filled with pennies. If each penny has a mass of 2.50g, how many pennies can be added to the boat before it sinks?

Answer : 175pennies
Answered by k
180
Answered by gim
yeah
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