Tourists filled a pot full of snow and melted 0.2 liters of water out of it. Find the volume

Tourists filled a pot full of snow and melted 0.2 liters of water out of it. Find the volume of the pot if the water is five times thicker than snow.

To calculate the volume of the considered kettle, we use the ratio: k = ρw / ρs = (m / Vw) / (m / Vk) = Vk / Vw, whence we express: Vk = Vw * k.

The values of the variables: Vw – the volume of the rejected water (Vw = 0.2 l = 200 cm3); k is the ratio of the densities of water and snow (k = 5).

Let’s calculate: Vk = Vw * k = 200 * 5 = 1000 cm3.

Answer: The volume of the pot in question is 1000 cm3.