Question

A 50.0 mL sample has a mass of 50.7 g. The specific gravity is:
A: 1.014 g/mL
B: 0.986g/L
C:1.01
D: 0.986
E: 50.7

Answer 1

Specific gravity is nothing but density in grams per mL without the unit.
Here density=50.7/50=1.01Which is the answer.

Answer 2

So, the same formula of density will work for specific gravity?

Answer 3

Well actually specific density is density of a substance divided by density of water if you write it in grams per litre density of water is 1 and hence specific gravity is just density in gram per mL