Question

A square chunk of plastic has a length of 5 cm, width of 5 cm and height of 5 cm. It has a mass of 200 g. What is it’s density

Answer 1

Answer:

1.6g/mL

Explanation:

Density equation is D=m/v

Density = g/mL

m=mass of sample in grams

v = volume of sample in mL

The volume of a square can be calculated by V=l*w*h.

In this case it is 5cm*5cm*5cm = 125cm^3

Since we know that 1cm^3 ~ 1mL we can convert the volume to mL as so:

125cm^3 (1mL/(1cm^3)) = 125mL

Then simply plug into the density equation:

D=200g/125mL = 1.6g/mL