Question

A bottle has a mass of 35.00 g when empty and 98.44 g when filled with water. When filled with another fluid the mass is 88.78g. What is the specific gravity of this other fluid

Answer 1

mass of water = 98.44 - 35.00 = 63.44g

water has a density of 1000g/L

Volume of bottle = 63.44/1000 = .06344L

mass of other liquid = 88.78-35 = 53.78g

density of other liquid = 53.78g/0.06344L = 847.73g/L

Since water has a specific gravity of 1, set up a relation 1000/847.73 =1/sg

sg=.85