Question

Gina was given an irregularly shaped piece of metal and was told that the density of the metal was 10 g/cm3. She measured the mass of the piece to be 210 g. What was the volume of the piece of metal Gina was given?

Answer 1

Answer:

The volume of the piece of the metal Gina is found to be 21 $cm^{3}$

Explanation:

Given density of the metal = 10 g/$cm^{3}$

Given mass of the piece of the metal = 210 g

Assuming volume of piece of metal to be V $cm^{3}$

The expression for the density is shown below

$\textrm{Density} = \displaystyle \frac{\textrm{Mass of piece of metal}}{\textrm{Volume of piece of metal}}\\10 \textrm{ g/cm}^{3} = \displaystyle \frac{210 \textrm{ g}}{V} \\V = 21 \textrm{cm}^{3}$

Volume of the piece of metal = 21 $cm^{3}$