Question

A student measures the mass of a beaker filled with corn oil. The mass reading averages 200.6 g and the mass of the beaker is 10.69 g. What is the mass of the corn oil? Answer in units of g.

Answer 1

189.91g

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Mass of beaker with oil = 200.6g

Mass of beaker = 10.69g

Unknown:

Mass of corn oil = ?

Solution:

To find the mass of corn oil, we know that:

Mass of beaker with oil = Mass of beaker + mass of corn oil

Therefore:

Mass of corn oil = Mass of beaker with oil - Mass of beaker

Mass of corn oil = (200.60 - 10.69)g

Mass of corn oil = 189.91g