Answer to Question #133332 in General Chemistry for Makiyah

Question

Jira told Helen that the perfume she used was less dense than water.  Helen got a graduated cylinder from the cabinet and found the mass of the cylinder to be 58.35 g.  Jira poured 25.0 mL of perfume into the cylinder and massed it again.  The combined mass of the cylinder and perfume was 68.80 g.

1. What was the mass of the perfume?
2. What was the density of the perfume?

Answer 1

1. 9.65 g

2. 0.386 g/mL