Question

Lynette has a metal doorstop with the dimensions shown.
Each cubic centimeter of the metal in the doorstop has a mass
of about 8.3 grams. Find the volume of the metal in the
doorstop. Then find the mass of the doorstop.

Answer 1

Volume = 105in³

Mass = 871.5g

To find the volume of the metal we can find the area of a base, and multiply it by the prism's width.

The base is 30cm in area, and the width is 3.5cm, which makes the volume 105in³

The mass of the doorstop can be found by just multiplying the grams per cubic centimeter by the volume, which would be 871.5g