Question

What is the mass, in grams, of the object being measured in the triple beam balance shown below?

A) 5.5 g
B) 25.5 g
C) 50.5 g
D) 100.5 g

Answer 1

I believe the answer is B) 25.5 g

Answer 2

Reading will be

m = 25.5 g

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that here the scale is divided into three parts

total reading is the sum of reading due to each part

here from first scale the reading is given as

`m_1 = 20 g`

from second scale the reading will be

`m_2 = 0`

from third scale the reading will be

`m_3 = 5.5 g`

so total reading will be

`m = 20 + 0 + 5.5`

`m = 25.5 g`