Triple Beam Balance-Accuracy Matters

Type Mass Volume Density % of error

g cm3 g/cm3

Poplar 9.1 15.625 .5824 9.1-9/9 x 100 = 1.1%

Pine 10.7 15.625 .6848 10.7-10.7/10.7 x 100 = 0%

Oak 12.1 15.625 .7731629 12.1-12.1/12.1 x 100 = 0%

Aluminum 45.4 15.625 2.9056 45.4-45.4/45.4 x 100=0

Brass 134.05 15.625 8.85824 134.05-138.1/138.1 x 100=2.9

Iron 127.1 15.625 8.1344 127.1-127.2/127.2 x 100=0.079

Copper 146 15.625 9.344 146-145.7/145.7 x 100=0.2059


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Dilemma : Avoid Getting Duped

There is a new synthetic material that a company just fabricated and you, as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist,
are interested in purchasing it. The hook is, the company is only interested in entertaining offers from those who can
identify the material based on its density. The company will send you 3 samples and if you can identify the correct
sample based on your collection of evidence, you will get a bid to purchase the the copyright to it. The only
information the company provides you with in addition to the 3 samples is the synthetic materials density, which is
1.152 g/cm3.

Measurable Properties: volume and mass

Materials: [3] synthetic cubes

Equipment: Metric Ruler, triple beam balance, calculator

PB Images: Precision in procedural steps

image of cube mass [g] volume [cm3] Density [g/cm3] % of Error

[w/work]

18.9 15.625 1.2096 18.9-19/19 x 100=0.526

17.95 15.625 1.1488 17.95-18/18 x 100=0.277

21.55 15.625 1.3876 21.55-21.6/21.6 x 100=0.231

Precision Proof

1 precision picture for measuring mass using the triple beam balance


[I am pointing to the number that the number of grams that the cubes mass is. Since one of the sliders to far, I
decided that moving it back a little would make the two lines in the Triple Beam Balance line up.]

Dilemma Solution