Question

The density of mercury is 13.6g/mL. How many quarts are in 100 lbs of mercury?

Answer 1

Volume=mass/density

100lb=454 gram

Volume=454/13.6=33.38 ml

Answer 2

*1 lb=454 gram

Answer 3

1 quart implies 940 ml
1 ml implies 1/940 quarts.
33.38 ml implies how much quarts

Answer 4

@jiteshmeghawal9

wait what?

Answer 5

that's not what the question is looking for

Answer 6

His first post gives you the volume of 1 lb, in mL. You have 100 lb...

Once you've done that, then convert mL to quarts using the conversion factor in his second post.

Answer 7

so...
is it 3.5?

Answer 8

I didn't work it out. Show your work.

Answer 9

33.38*100=3338
3338 milliters to quart is 3.573

Answer 10

i honestly don't know how to figure this out and would really appreciate like an explanation...

Answer 11

3.573 quarts looks about right.

I assume you know the formula for density = mass/volume, that was used in the first post.

You have mass of 100 pounds, which you need to convert to grams, since you have density in g/mL. You plug in the mass and density, and solve for volume.

Then you convert volume in mL to quarts.

Answer 12

Or drop the stupid quarts pounds slugs units for ever and join the rest of the world using the consistent set odf metric SI units

Answer 13

^those were my thoughts upon seeing this question with grams, millilitres, quarts, and pounds. What a clusterf---.

Answer 14

"The density of mercury is 13.6 kg/l"
How many litres in 50 kg?

50kg/ 13.6 kg/l =3.68 l

Simples

Answer 15

hmm
spose it should strictly be m^3 as volume unit....

Answer 16

That's too easy, though. It makes too much sense. There aren't any units with nonsense conversions.

Imperial units are to blame for about a 400 million dollar failed landing on Mars, too.