The figure below shows a spring scale and a platform scale. A beaker containing kerosene rests on the platform scale and a steel block is attached to the spring scale and submerged in the fluid. The mass of the beaker, fluild, and block are respectively m,- 1.02 kg. m, 1.98 kg, and mk-1.98 kg and the density of kerosene and steel are respectively 820 kg/m³ and 7,850 kg/m³. Determine the equilibrium reading (in N) for (a) the spring scale and (b) the platform scale. (a) the spring scale (b) the platform scale

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The figure below shows a spring scale and a platform scale. A beaker containing kerosene rests on the platform scale and a steel block is attached to the spring scale and submerged in
the fluid. The mass of the beaker, fluid, and block are respectively m, 1.02 kg, m= 1.98 kg, and mblk 1.98 kg and the density of kerosene and steel are respectively 820 kg/m³ and
7,850 kg/m³. Determine the equilibrium reading (in N) for (a) the spring scale and (b) the platform scale.
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(a) the spring scale
(b) the platform scale
Transcribed Image Text:The figure below shows a spring scale and a platform scale. A beaker containing kerosene rests on the platform scale and a steel block is attached to the spring scale and submerged in the fluid. The mass of the beaker, fluid, and block are respectively m, 1.02 kg, m= 1.98 kg, and mblk 1.98 kg and the density of kerosene and steel are respectively 820 kg/m³ and 7,850 kg/m³. Determine the equilibrium reading (in N) for (a) the spring scale and (b) the platform scale. |00| (a) the spring scale (b) the platform scale
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