A blimp is filled with 440 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 0.178 kg/m3.)

a. 396 kg
b. 568 kg
c. 78.3 kg
d. 489 kg
e. 646 kg


d

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When air contains as much water vapor as it can possibly hold for a given temperature, the air is at

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