Question

A piece of a metal alloy with a mass of 114 g was placed into a graduated cylinder that contained 25.0 mL of water, raising the water level to 42.5 mL. What is the density of the metal?

Answer 1

Answer:

6.51 g/c.c

Explanation:

mass, m = 114 g

initial volume, V1 = 25 mL

final volume, V2 = 42.5 mL

Volume of the metal piece, V = V2 - V1 = 42.5 - 25 = 17.5 mL

1 mL = 1 c.c

So, Volume of metal, V = 17.5 c.c.

Let the density of the metal is d.

density = mass / volume

d = 114 / 17.5 = 6.51 g/c.c

Thus, the density of metal is 6.51 g/c.c.