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Question #279441

A blimp is filled with 300 m3 of helium. How big a payload can the balloon lift (the density of air is 1.29 kg/m3 , the density of helium is .179 kg/m3 .)

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$P=mg=\rho_{air}Vg-\rho_{helium}Vg\to m=(\rho_{air}-\rho_{helium})V=$

$=(1.29-0.179)\cdot300=333.3\ (kg)$ . Answer

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