A 2-m3 rigid tank initially contains air whose density is 1.18 kg/m3 . The tank is connected to a high-pressure supply line through a valve. The valve is opened, and air is allowed to enter the tank until the density in the tank rises to 5.30 kg/m3 . Determine the mass of air that has entered the tank?

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Explanation:

It is known that density is the mass present in per unit volume.

Mathematically,         Density = [tex]\frac{mass}{volume}[/tex]

Since, it is given that [tex]d_{1}[/tex] is 1.18 [tex]kg/m^{3}[/tex], [tex]d_{2}[/tex] is 5.30 [tex]kg/m^{3}[/tex], and volume is 2 [tex]m^{3}[/tex].

Therefore, mass of air that has entered will be [tex]m_{2}[/tex] -  [tex]m_{1}[/tex] and it will be calculated as follows.

                       [tex]d_{2} - d_{1}[/tex] = [tex]\frac{m_{2} - m_{1}}{Volume}[/tex]

      [tex]m_{2} - m_{1}[/tex] = [tex](5.30 kg/m^{3} - 1.18 kg/m^{3}) \times 2 m^{3}[/tex]

                                            = 8.24 kg

Thus, we can conclude that mass of air that has entered the tank is 8.24 kg.