Question

A cup of sugar has a volume of 237 ml. What is the mass of the сup of sugar if the density is 1.59 g/mL?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\boxed {\tt 376.83 \ grams}$

Explanation:

The density formula is

$d=\frac{m}{v}$

Rearrange the formula for mass, m, by multiplying both sides of the equation by v.

$d*v=\frac{m}{v}*v$

$d*v=m$

The mass can be found by multiplying density and volume.

The density of the sugar is 1.59 grams per milliliter. The volume is 237 milliliters.

$d= 1.59 \ g/mL \\v= 237 \ mL$

Substitute the values into the formula.

$m= 1.59 \ g/mL * 237 \ mL$

Multiply. Note that the milliliters, or mL will cancel each other out.

$m=1.59 \ g * 237$

$m=376.83 \ g$

The mass is 376.83 grams.