Chapter 1, Problem 1.86AP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The mass of the cold medicine, in grams, when the specific gravity of the medicine liquid is $1.23$.

Introduction:

Specific gravity of the liquid is the ratio of the density of the liquid to the density of reference liquid that is generally water.

Specific gravity of the liquid given by the expression,

$\text{Specific}\text{gravity}\text{of}\text{liquid}=\frac{\text{Density}\text{of}\text{liquid}}{\text{Density}\text{of}\text{reference}\text{liquid}}$

Density of the liquid is the ratio of the mass of the liquid to the volume occupied by it.

Density of the liquid is given by the expression,

$\text{Density}=\frac{\text{Mass}}{\text{Volume}}$