Question

A piece of PVC plumbing pipe displaces 60 mL when placed into a container of water. If the pipe has a mass of 78g, what is the density of PVC?

Answer 1

Answer : The density of PVC pipe is 1.3 g/mL

Explanation :

Density : It is defined as the mass contained per unit volume.

Formula used for density :

$Density=\frac{Mass}{Volume}$

Given :

Mass of PVC pipe = 78 grams

Volume of PVC pipe = 60 mL

Now put all the given values in the above formula, we get the density of PVC pipe.

$Density=\frac{78g}{60mL}$

$Density=1.3g/mL$

Therefore, the density of PVC pipe is 1.3 g/mL

Answer 2

Use the equation d=m/v

your mass or "m" is 78 g

your volume or "v" is 60mL

if you plug those values into the equation it will look like this:

d=78/60
d=1.3g/mL should be what you come up with