A golden-colored cube is handed to you. The person wants you to buy it for $100, saying that is a gold nugget. You pull out your

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A golden-colored cube is handed to you. The person wants you to buy it for $100, saying that is a gold nugget. You pull out your

old geology text and look up gold in the mineral table, and read that its density is 19.3 g/cm3. You measure the cube and find that it is 2 cm on each side, and weighs 40 g. What is its density? Is it gold? Should you buy it?

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kenny6666 [7] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-26T08:30:42+03:00

kenny6666 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

Explanation:

Volume of cube=side³

=2*2*2

=8 cm³

Mass of cube=40g

Its density=mass/volume

=5g/cm³

which differs the value given in the text hence it is not gold and u should not bye it...

Instead u should call the police for arresting the person lol...

romanna [79] · Answer 2 · 2022-07-26T10:49:51+03:00

romanna [79]3 years ago

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Don’t buy it it’s not gold :)