Question

Suppose you are a gold miner in California in 1849. You have your tools in one hand. Can you use your free hand to carry a 4-liter bucket full of gold dust? The density of gold is 19.3g/cm^3. Use unit analysis to determine whether the bucket is too heavy to carry.

Answer 1

The bucket is well too heavy to carry

Explanation:

4 liter = 4000 cm^3

19.3 g / 1 cm^3 * 4000 cm^3 = 77,200 g = 77.2 kg