A blood sample of 4.01 milliliters is collected from a patient to be analyzed for a platelet count. Human blood should have around 1.04 kg/L platelets. What is the expected mass in grams of platelets in the blood sample?

Given :

Human blood should have around 1.04 kg/L platelets.

A blood sample of 4.01 milliliters is collected from a patient to be analyzed for a platelet count.

To Find :

The expected mass in grams of platelets in the blood sample.

Solution :

1 L of human blood contains 1.04 kg of platelets.

So, amount of platelets is 1 ml blood is :

Mass of platelets in 4.01 ml blood is :

Hence, this is the required solution.