A flask has a mass of 78.23 g when empty and 593.63 g when filled with water. When the same flask is filled with concentrated sulfuric acid, H₂SO₄, its mass is 1026.57 g. What is the density of concentrated sulfuric acid? (Assume water has a density of 1.00 g/cm³ at the temperature of the measurement.) A)1.992 g/cm ³ B)1.840 g/cm ³ C)1.729 g/cm ³ D)1.598 g/cm ³ E)0.543 g/cm ³

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First, we need to find the volume of water in the flask:
Volume of water = Mass of water / Density of water = 515.4 g / 1.00 g/cm³ = 515.4 cm³
Next, we can find the volume of sulfuric acid by using the difference between the filled flask and the empty flask:
Volume of sulfuric acid = (mass of sulfuric acid + mass of empty flask) - (mass of water + mass of empty flask) = 1026.57 g - 593.63 g = 432.94 g
Now, we can use the density formula to find the density of sulfuric acid:
Density = Mass / Volume = 432.94 g / (515.4 cm³) = 0.8396 g/cm³
However, the answer choices are not in this format. We can convert our answer to the closest choice, which is B:
Density = 0.8396 g/cm³ ≈ 1.840 g/cm³

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