Question

The volume of a solid gold statue can be approximated as 1000\text{ cm}^31000 cm 3 1000, space, c, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript. The density of gold is about 20\text{ g/cm}^320 g/cm 3 20, space, g, slash, c, m, start superscript, 3, end superscript. What is the mass of the statue?

Answer 1

The mass of the statue is 20,000 grams.

To find the density of an object, you divide the mass by the volume. Therefore, we can write the following equation. All we need to do is input our values and solve.

D = M  / V
20 = M / 1000
20,000 = m