Suppose you are given a bottle of water and three beakers. One of the beakers holds 30 mL, one holds 40 mL, and the largest beaker holds 200 mL when full. There aren't any markings on any of the beakers.

Describe how you could put exactly 20 mL of water in the large beaker without using any other equipment.

you can fill the 40 ml beaker, then empty it into the 30 ml beaker. you should be left with 10 ml in the beaker, pour this into the 200 ml beaker repeat this and you should have 20 ml in the 200ml beaker

Answered by faizahbegum | 2024-06-10

Fill the 200mL beaker all of the way. Using the water in that beaker, fill and pour out the 30mL twice and the 40mL three times. You should be left with 20mL in the 200mL beaker.

Answered by play86play | 2024-06-24

To measure exactly 20 mL of water using the beakers, first fill the 40 mL beaker and pour into the 30 mL beaker, leaving 10 mL. Pour this into the 200 mL beaker, then repeat the process to transfer another 10 mL, resulting in exactly 20 mL in the large beaker. This step-by-step method ensures accurate measurement using the beakers provided.
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Answered by faizahbegum | 2024-09-30