Question

A sample of a substance is found to have a mass of 223.5 grams. A graduated cylinder contains 45.6 ml of water. After a metal cylinder was added to the cylinder, the water level reads 68.3 ml. What is the density of the metal cylinder?

Answer 1

Answer:

We have the final answer as

9.85 g/mL

Explanation:

The density of a substance can be found by using the formula

$density = \frac{mass}{volume}$

From the question

mass of substance = 223.5 g

volume = final volume of water - initial volume of water

volume = 68.3 - 45.6 = 22.7

volume = 22.7 mL

It's density is

$density = \frac{223.5}{22.7} \\ = 9.84581497797...$

We have the final answer as

9.85 g/mL

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