Answer:
-18
Step-by-step explanation:
-18
It has become somewhat fashionable to have students derive the Quadratic Formula themselves; this is done by completing the square for the generic quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0. While I can understand the impulse (showing students how the Formula was invented, and thereby providing a concrete example of the usefulness of abstract symbolic manipulation), the computations involved are often a bit beyond the average student at this point.
Step-by-step explanation:
Volume of displaced water = (10cm)(10cm)(1.6cm)
= 160 cm^3
density = mass/vol of displaced water
= 3088 grams/160 cm^3
= 19.3 g/cm^3
P.S. This is most likely a pure gold medallion.
