Answer to Question #250562 in Organic Chemistry for Sam

Question

When a piece of metal mass of 28.4 g is dropped into a graduated cylinder containing 23.93 mL of water, the water level rises to 30.72 mL. What is the density of the metal?

Answer in units of g/cm^3

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Answer 1

Volume of metal $=30.72-23.93=6.79ml$

Density $=\frac{28.4}{6.79}=4.18262150221g/cm^3$