PHYSICS

LABORATORY
WEEK 1
1.) A solid piece of lead has a mass of 23.94 g and a volume of 2.10 cm3. From these data, calculate
the density of lead in SI units (kilograms per cubic meter).
2.) One cubic meter (1.00 m3 ) of aluminum has a mass of 2.70 x 103 kg, and the same volume of
iron has a mass of 7.86 x 103 kg. Find the radius of a solid aluminum sphere that will balance a
solid iron sphere of radius 2.00 cm on an equal-arm balance.
3.) One gallon of paint (volume = 3.78 x 10 -3 m3 ) covers an area of 25.0 m2. What is the thickness of
the fresh paint on the wall?
4.) How many significant figures are in the following numbers? (a) 3.788 x 10 9 (b) 2.46 x 10-6
(c) 0.0053
5.) The tropical year, the time interval from one vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox, is the
basis for our calendar. It contains 365.242199 days. Find the number of seconds in a tropical
year.
6.) In a community college parking lot, the number of ordinary cars is larger than the number of
sport utility vehicles by 94.7%. The difference between the number of cars and the number of
SUVs is 18. Find the number of SUVs in the lot.
7.) The ratio of the number of sparrows visiting a bird feeder to the number of more interesting
birds is 2.25. On a morning when altogether 91 birds visit the feeder, what is the number of
sparrows?
8.) The most powerful engine available for the classic 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray developed
360 horsepower and had a displacement of 327 cubic inches. Express this displacement in liters
(L) by using only the conversions 1 L= 1000 cm3 and 1 inch =2.54 cm.