A crown is determine to weigh 2.65 kg. When this crown is submerged in a full basin of water, the overflow is found to be 145 mL. Is the crown pure gold or a gold-silver alloy? The density of silver is 10.5 g/mL and gold that of gold is 19.3 g/mL. Show work.

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A crown is determine to weigh 2.65 kg. When this crown is submerged in a full basin of water, the overflow is found to be 145 mL. Is the crown pure gold or a gold-silver alloy? The density of silver is 10.5 g/mL and gold that of gold is 19.3 g/mL.  Show work.

bobpursley · Answer

VolumeCrown=145ml density crown=2650g/145ml=18.27g/ml looks like someone slipped a little silver into it.

DrBob222 · Answer

Same answer I gave you yesterday.