Question:The density of gasoline at 0°C is\(0.68 \times {10^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}\). (a) What is the density on a hot day, when the temperature is 33°C? (b) What is the percent change in density?

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The density on a hot day is (a) \(0.659 \times {10^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}\) , and the percent change in density is (b) \(3\% \).

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Given data

The initial temperature is\(T = 0^\circ {\rm{C}}\).

The density of gasoline is\(\rho = 0.68 \times {10^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}\).

The final temperature is \(T' = 33^\circ {\rm{C}}\).

02

Understanding the density of gasoline

In this problem, the density of gasoline will be equivalent to the fraction between the mass of gasoline and its volume.

03

Calculation of the density on a hot day

The relation to find the density can be written as:

\(\begin{aligned}{l}{\rho _{\rm{H}}} &= \frac{M}{{{V_0}}}\\{\rho _{\rm{H}}} &= \frac{M}{{V\left( {1 + \beta \left( {T' - T} \right)} \right)}}\\{\rho _{\rm{H}}} &= \frac{\rho }{{1 + \beta \left( {T' - T} \right)}}\end{aligned}\)

Here, Mis the mass,\({V_0}\)is the volume of gasoline, and\(\beta \)is the coefficient of volume expansion of gasoline.

On plugging the values in the above relation, you get:

\(\begin{aligned}{l}{\rho _{\rm{H}}} &= \left( {\frac{{0.68 \times {{10}^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}}}{{1 + \left( {950 \times {{10}^{ - 6}}\;{\rm{/}}^\circ {\rm{C}}} \right)\left( {33^\circ {\rm{C}} - 0^\circ {\rm{C}}} \right)}}} \right)\\{\rho _{\rm{H}}} &= 0.659 \times {10^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}\end{aligned}\)

Thus, \({\rho _{\rm{H}}} = 0.659 \times {10^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}\) is the density on a hot day.

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Calculation of the percentage change in the density

The relation to find the percentage change in the density can be written as:

\(\% N = \left( {\frac{{{\rho _{\rm{H}}} - \rho }}{\rho }} \right) \times 100\% \)

On plugging the values in the above relation, you get:

\(\begin{aligned}{l}\% N &= \left( {\frac{{0.659 \times {{10}^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3} - 0.68 \times {{10}^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}}}{{0.68 \times {{10}^3}\;{\rm{kg/}}{{\rm{m}}^3}}}} \right) \times 100\% \\\% N &= - 3\% \end{aligned}\)

Thus, \(3\% \) is the change in density.

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