Question

A chemist encounters an unknown metal. They drop the metal
into a graduated cylinder containing water, and find the volume
change is 5.3 mL. If the metal weighs 2.3 g, what is the density of
the metal?

Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is 0.43 g/mL

Explanation:

The density of a substance can be found by using the formula

$density = \frac{mass}{volume}$

From the question

mass of metal = 2.3 g

volume = 5.3 mL

So we have

$density = \frac{2.3}{5.3} \\ = 0.4339622641509...$

We have the final answer as

0.43 g/mL

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