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Math homework help. I'm desperate. How much cooking oil will fit into a 500ml flask?

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Posted - June 29, 2017

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  • 46117
    499.9 milliliters.  I'm allowing a little leeway for the flask. 

      June 29, 2017 1:05 PM MDT
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  • 44173
    Dang...he looks like McGee from NCIS.
      June 29, 2017 1:08 PM MDT
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  • 457
    Enough to get you pregnant, I'm sure.
      July 4, 2017 10:37 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    One formulation of Murphy's law states that units will be stated in the least useful form.

    In the spirit of that law, I am pleased to advise you that approximately 30.5 cubic inches of cooking oil will fit nicely within your flask.
      July 4, 2017 11:07 AM MDT
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  • 3680
    Not sure what the homework problem was here. As given above, it supplies its own answer - 500ml!

    A liquid volume is that volume irrespective of the nature, including density, of the liquid itself. So a 500ml flask will hold 500ml of cooking-oil, or of water, or of any other fluid. The mass will differ with density, but the volume is constant.
      October 3, 2017 4:39 PM MDT
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  • 5455
    Any amount up to 500 ml
      October 3, 2017 4:56 PM MDT
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  • 3680
    Good point, Livvie! Are you a barrister?

    It was a strange question because we were not told anything else about the oil and bottle, so we don't know (unless Element now tells us) if it was supposed to be a basic physics question or an exercise in logic as you imply.
      October 4, 2017 7:45 AM MDT
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  • 5455
    I didn't answer this right away because I think there's a trick in this question but I'm just not smart enough to figure out what it is or I'm completely missing something.

    I think the trick might be in Element99's improper notation of units.  It should be 500 ml, not 500ml.
      October 4, 2017 7:10 PM MDT
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  • 3680
    I must admit I'd not spotted the missing space, but I don't think that is significant here, nor part of any trick Element99 might be playing. He might have missed something though - the rest of what he says was a homework question. 

    Come on Mr. Element - spill the beans!
      October 5, 2017 3:57 AM MDT
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