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How can you calculate the density and volume of earth give the formula?
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∙ 11y ago
Density = mass / volume
since earth is nearly spherical, Volume = (4/3)pi x r3
find volume, then divide this into the mass.
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Calculate the average mass and density of the earth?
(all figures approximate)Mass of earth = 5.97 * 1024 kilogramsRadius of earth = 6.371 * 106 metresVolume of earth = 4/3 * pi * radius3 = 1.0832 * 1021 cu metresSo:(average) density = mass / volume = 5,510 kgs / cu metre
What is mass and density?
What links mass and density is knowing the volume. Density is mass/volume. Mass is essentially weight here on earth, and has the units in grams generally (maybe kilograms depending on how dense) and accordingly, volume may be in cm3 or litres or m3)
If the denity of a steal hammer is 7.6 gcm3 on earth how much density would it have on a spaceship?
The density of the hammer is the same no matter where it is. Density = Mass / volume. Neither Mass nor volume is dependent on gravity there for Density is also independent of gravity.
What is the density of an object with a mass of 5kg and a volume of 2.5mL?
The idea is to divide the mass by the volume. In this case, you'll get an extremely high density; no substance on Earth will have such a density. So, you would divide 5 kg by 2.5 mL and the density would be 2 kg.
What is the density of a block of wood with a volume of 20 cubic centimeters and a mas of 60 grams?
Density = mass/volume = 60/20 = 3grams/ccNote:The Physics and the math in this answer are bullet-proof, but there is no woodon Earth with even half that density. I suspect your block has a concrete center.
What is the formula of the formula mass?
Mass = weight /gravity Density = Mass / Volume So, if you know the density and the volume, you can calculate the mass. Also, you can measure the mass by measuring the weight. On earth, mass and weight are equal.
How do you find weight when you have density and volume?
When density and volume are given, the formula for density can be used to determine the mass of the object. density = mass / volume mass = density * volume Assuming the object is on Earth, it can be assumed that g=9.80 N/kg. w= mg, or weight = mass * gravitational constant (of Earth) purely algebraically, weight = density * volume * gravitational constant.
How do you find the density of earth materials?
Density = mass / volume
How can the density of the earth be calculated?
We know the size (volume) of the planet AND its mass. Density is mass divided by volume.
What is density Give density of water?
Density=mass/volume density of water in the whole earth is 1
The weight of the body on the surface of the is 250N. calculate its weight at distance equal to half of radius of the earth below the surface of earth. (radius of earth6400km)?
This is hard to calculate precisely, due to the fact that Earth's density increases towards the center. However, you make a simplified calculation, by assuming a uniform density. Just calculate the ratio of the volume (and therefore, of mass) of a sphere which has half the radius of the Earth, and calculate the gravitational attraction (once again, you only need a ratio, compared to the complete Earth) on that object.
If a giant planet has an average radius 14 times that of the earth and a mass 681 times that of the earth what is the ratio of the new planets density to the earth's density?
Volume increases with the Cube of the radius, so an easy way to compute the volume of the giant planet is to simply take the ratio of the radius Giant Planet: Earth and raise it to the 3rd power.Since these planets are the same shape (Spherical) this ratio is accurate enough for our purposes. In the case of an object that is oblate (like Saturn or Jupiter), one can still calculate the volume accurately by taking the Equatorial Radius squared and multiplying it by the Polar Radius.In this given case the volume of Giant Planet = 14 x 14 x 14, or 2,744x that of Earth.Since Mass = 681x that of Earth, Density = 681/2744 = 0.248 of Earth's (just a little under one quarter).You could go one step further to calculate the density of this object by multiplying the density ratio by Earth's density (5.515x water) - so Giant Planet's density = 1.369 grams/cm3.
Calculate the average mass and density of the earth?
(all figures approximate)Mass of earth = 5.97 * 1024 kilogramsRadius of earth = 6.371 * 106 metresVolume of earth = 4/3 * pi * radius3 = 1.0832 * 1021 cu metresSo:(average) density = mass / volume = 5,510 kgs / cu metre
Can you calculate the volumes of Earth and the Moon?
If you want an approximate answer, we can assume the Earth and the Moon to be spheres, then go google for their radii, and plug that in the formula for volume of a sphere,V=(4/3)*pi*(radius)^3. Volume of Earth about 1.08321 x 10^12 km^3 Volume of Moon about 2.1958 x 10^10 km^3 The purpose of my answer was to explain how to calculate the volume not of just earth and moon, but any celestial object that can be approximated to a sphere, provided you know the radius. ps- I know the question is to tell the volume, not how to calculate it, but I thought the latter way of approaching the question would be more helpful!
What is the relation between mass of earth and its radius?
For any object, the mass is the product of its volume and its density. In the case of Earth, that would be the averagedensity. The volume, of course, can be calculated on the basis of its radius. Use the formula for a sphere; that's close enough for most purposes.
When Saturn's volume is 762 times the volume of Earth and yet its mass is only about 95 times that of Earth's mass. This is due to Saturn's?
This is due to Saturn's density being much lower than Earth's density.
How much weight 10 mm steel bar in 1 square foot?
Convert all the measurements to compatible units, for example, decimeters. Calculate the volume. Look up the density of steel, then use the formula: mass = density x volume If you converted to SI units, that will give you the mass (not the weight) in kilograms. To actually convert to weight, multiply by 9.8 (assuming normal Earth gravity); this will give you the weight in newton.
