Physics: Principles with Applications (7th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32162-592-7
ISBN 13: 978-0-32162-592-2

Chapter 1 - Introduction, Measurement, Estimating - Problems - Page 18: 24

Answer

$4.05\times10^{14} ~kg$

Work Step by Step

The radius of a proton is $5\times10^{-16} ~m$ The volume of a proton is $\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 = 5.24\times10^{-46} ~m^3$ The density of a proton is $\frac{mass}{volume} = \frac{10^{-27}~kg}{5.24\times10^{-46} ~m^3} = 1.91\times 10^{18} ~\frac{kg}{m^3}$ The radius of the baseball is $\frac{0.23 ~m}{2\pi} = 0.037 ~m$ The volume of a baseball is $\frac{4}{3}\pi r^3 = 2.12\times10^{-4} ~m^3$ If the baseball had the same density as a proton, the baseball's mass would be: $(2.12\times10^{-4} ~m^3)( 1.91\times 10^{18} ~\frac{kg}{m^3}) = 4.05\times10^{14} ~kg$
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