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ISBN: 9780134988559

Author: Wolfson, Richard

Publisher: Pearson Education,

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Chapter 15, Problem 25E

Styrofoam’s density is 160kg/m³. What percent error is introduced by weighing a Styrofoam block in air (density 1.2 kg/m³), which exerts an upward buoyancy force, rather than in vacuum?

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