Question

Use the density formula to solve the following problems:

Calculate the density of a material that has a mass of 52.497 g and a volume of 18.5 cm3.

Answer 1

The mass density or density of a material is its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is $\rho$ (the lower case Greek letter rho). Mathematically, density is defined as mass divided by volume:

$$\rho = \frac{m}{V},$$

Standard dimension density is $\mathrm{g/cm^3}$

So if you have mass of $52.497\,\mathrm{g}$ and a volume of $18.5\,\mathrm{cm^3}$ the density is next:

$$\rho = 52.497\,\mathrm{g} / 18.5\,\mathrm{cm^3} = 2.84\,\mathrm{g/cm^3}$$