In the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones takes a

Last updated: 10/23/2023

In the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark Indiana Jones takes a gold idol from a cave The statue is resting on a table which is rigged with a weight sensor The weight sensor can detect when the weight is removed and will set off a series of unfortunate accidents To prevent this from happening Indiana replaces the gold idol with a bag of sand The volume of the gold idol is approximately 1 0 L The density of gold is 19 3 g mL and the density of sand is 2 3 g mL a Assuming the idol is pure gold what volume would the bag of sand have to be in order to weigh exactly the same as the idol and not set off the booby traps b Let s assume that Indiana is successful in removing the idol and returning with it to his laboratory He decides to determine if it is really pure gold He weighs the idol and measures the volume by a water displacement method The results are mass 16 5 kg and volume of water displaced 954 mL Is the idol made of pure gold Explain your answer based on the experimental results E T T B 1 U 0 Word s