Question

Water is placed in a graduated cylinder and the volume is recorded as 43.5 ml. a homogeneous sample of metal pellets with a mass of 10.88 g is added and the volume of the water now reads 49.4 ml. what is the density of the metal in g/ml.?

Answer 1

Density = mass /volume of the body. mass = 10.88 g, volume of the liquid displaced= 49.4-43.5=5.9 ml.

density = 10.88/5.9=1.844 g/ml~1.84 g/ml

The volume displaced is exactly the same as that of the body (The Eureka fro Archimedes!)