Question

When placed in a 100-mL square box, a substance has a spherical shape and has a volume of 50 mL. When placed in a 100-mL circular tube, that same substance has a spherical shape and a 50-mL volume. In what phase or state was the substance?

Answer 1

The given substance is SOLID. Solids have definite shape and definite volume. By the term definite we mean that wherever it may be placed both shape and volume remain the same. From the given above, the substance has a definite shape of sphere and definite volume of 50 mL. 

Answer 2

When placed in a 100-mL square box, a substance has a spherical shape and has a volume of 50 mL. When placed in a 100-mL circular tube, that samesubstance has a spherical shape and a 50-mL volume.The substance was in Solid State.