Question

What is the mass of a 32.5-ml sample of ethanol? the density of ethanol is 0.789 g/ml.

Answer 1

Answer:

25.6 grams of ethanol in 32.5 ml of the substance.

Explanation:

The density of ethanol can be used as a conversion factor.  We know that:

Ethanol is 0.789 g/ml.  That becomes a conversion factor that we may write as (0.789 g/ml) and then convert either grams ethaanol or ml ethanol into the other unit.  We are given volume of ethanol:  32.5 ml.

Note that when we multiply (0.789 g/ml) by (32.5 ml) the ml unit cancels, leaving just grams.  That's what we want, so:

(0.789 g/ml)(32.5 ml) = 25.6 grams of ethanol in 32.5 ml of the substance.