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Author: Beckmann

Publisher: PEARSON CUSTOM PUB.(CONSIGNMENT)

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Chapter 13.4, Problem 4P

Suppose that you have a recipe that calls for 200 grams of flour, but you don’t have a scale. Explain in detail how to apply Archimedes’s principle to measure 200 grams of flour by using a measuring cup that has metric markings.

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