Low-density polyethylene (LPDE) is a thermoplastic widely used in packaging materials. The density of LPDE is 917 kg/m. A piece of this packaging material is floating in the ocean where the density of salt water is 1025 kg/m. What fraction of the LPDE material is above the surface of the water? O A) 8.3% B) 10.5% 09 91.7% O D) 89.5%

Low-density polyethylene (LPDE) is a thermoplastic widely used in packaging materials. The density of LPDE is 917 kg/m. A piece of this packaging material is floating in the ocean where the density of salt water is 1025 kg/m. What fraction of the LPDE material is above the surface of the water? O A) 8.3% B) 10.5% 09 91.7% O D) 89.5%

College Physics

1st Edition

ISBN:9781938168000

Author:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Publisher:Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs

Chapter13: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, And The Gas Laws

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 20PE: (a) The density of water at 0C is very nearly 1000kg/m3 (it is actually 999.84kg/m3 ), whereas the...

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