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Gold has a specific gravity of twenty if a five gallon pail of water weighs about forty pounds how much would a five gallon pail of gold weigh?

Answer:
Sp Gr of Gold = 20 means that gold weight 20 times as much as the water
So the gold weights 20*40 = 800 pounds.
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