Problem 1.

46

Given:

[Difficulty: 2]

Standard British golf ball:

m = 45.9 0.3 g (20 to 1)
D = 411
. 0.3 mm (20 to 1)

Find:

Density and specific gravity; Estimate of uncertainties in calculated values.

Solution:

Density is mass per unit volume, so

m
=

m
4
R 3
3

3
m
6 m
=
3
D3
4 ( D 2)

0.0459 kg

m 3 = 1260 kg m 3

(0.0411) 3

and

SG =

H 2 O

= 1260

kg
m3

m3
= 126
.
1000 kg

The uncertainty in density is given by

m
u =

m m
=
m

D
um +
uD
m D

1
= = 1;

um =

D D D
6 m
6m
= 3 4 = 3;
= 3
4
m D
D

Thus

u = u m + ( 3u D )
2

1
2 2

uD =

0.3
= 0.730%
41.1

= 0.654 2 + ( 3 0.730 )

u = 2.29% = 28.9 kg m 3
u SG = u = 2.29% = 0.0289
Summarizing

0.3
= 0.654%
45.9

= 1260 28.9 kg m 3 (20 to 1)

SG = 126
. 0.0289 (20 to 1)

1
2 2