{"id":237007,"date":"2025-06-16T18:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=237007"},"modified":"2025-06-16T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T18:13:09","slug":"you-have-a-sample-of-granite-with-density-174-8-lbs-ft3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/16\/you-have-a-sample-of-granite-with-density-174-8-lbs-ft3\/","title":{"rendered":"You have a sample of granite with density 174.8 lbs\/ft3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You have a sample of granite with density 174.8 lbs\/ft3. The density of water is 62.4 lbs\/ft3. What is the specific gravity of the granite now? (2 pts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the <strong>specific gravity<\/strong> of granite, use the formula:Specific&nbsp;Gravity=Density&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;substanceDensity&nbsp;of&nbsp;water\\text{Specific Gravity} = \\frac{\\text{Density of the substance}}{\\text{Density of water}}Specific&nbsp;Gravity=Density&nbsp;of&nbsp;waterDensity&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;substance\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Density of granite = 174.8 lb\/ft\u00b3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Density of water = 62.4 lb\/ft\u00b3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific&nbsp;Gravity=174.862.4\u22482.80\\text{Specific Gravity} = \\frac{174.8}{62.4} \\approx 2.80Specific&nbsp;Gravity=62.4174.8\u200b\u22482.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer: 2.80<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specific gravity is a <strong>dimensionless ratio<\/strong> that compares the density of a substance to the density of water. This means that the units cancel out and you&#8217;re left with a pure number. This comparison helps scientists, engineers, and builders understand how heavy or light a material is in relation to water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this question, granite is being compared to water. The density of water is a known standard at 62.4 pounds per cubic foot under standard conditions. Granite has a much higher density because it is a solid rock composed of tightly packed mineral crystals like quartz, feldspar, and mica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By dividing the density of granite by the density of water:174.8\u2009lb\/ft362.4\u2009lb\/ft3=2.80\\frac{174.8 \\, \\text{lb\/ft}^3}{62.4 \\, \\text{lb\/ft}^3} = 2.8062.4lb\/ft3174.8lb\/ft3\u200b=2.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you find that granite is 2.80 times as dense as water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Understanding specific gravity is useful in many fields. In construction and civil engineering, knowing the specific gravity of building materials like granite helps in determining the <strong>weight load<\/strong> on structures. In geology, specific gravity aids in identifying minerals and rocks. Since granite has a specific gravity of 2.80, it is classified as a <strong>heavy<\/strong> material, making it suitable for foundations and other structural applications where strength and durability are required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, the specific gravity of 2.80 means granite is nearly three times denser than water, reflecting its solid and durable nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-782.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-237008\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have a sample of granite with density 174.8 lbs\/ft3. The density of water is 62.4 lbs\/ft3. 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(2 pts The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: To find the specific gravity of granite, use the formula:Specific&nbsp;Gravity=Density&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;substanceDensity&nbsp;of&nbsp;water\\text{Specific Gravity} = \\frac{\\text{Density of the substance}}{\\text{Density of water}}Specific&nbsp;Gravity=Density&nbsp;of&nbsp;waterDensity&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;substance\u200b Given: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}