Your dad is working on creating a brick border for the lake in your backyard. Each brick has a mass of 100 g and a volume of 20

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Your dad is working on creating a brick border for the lake in your backyard. Each brick has a mass of 100 g and a volume of 20

cm3. What is the density of the brick? Explain the steps you took to solve this problem, showing your work. Then, explain if the brick will float or not if it falls in the lake. Why or why not?

Chemistry

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beks73 [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-22T19:12:32+03:00

beks73 [17]3 years ago

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Density=mass/volume=100g/20cm^3=5g/cm^3. The brick will fall in the lake, because its density is higher than that of water (1g/cm^3).