Question

A nugget of gold is placed in a graduated cylinder that contains 85 mL of water.the water level rises to 225 mL after the nugget is added to the cylinder.what is the volume of the gold nugget?

Answer 1

To get the volume of an object, one of the oldest techniques is to fill a container with water of which we know the volume (in this case 85mL), and drop the object in. The water will rise and show a new volume (225mL). If we subtract the old volume (85) from the new volume (225), we will get the volume of the object (225 - 85 = 140).