SOLUTION: When a chunk of metal is dropped into a container of water, the water level rises 1.8cm. The container is shaped like a prism, with a base that measures 3cm on each side. What is

Question 174229: When a chunk of metal is dropped into a container of water, the water level rises 1.8cm. The container is shaped like a prism, with a base that measures 3cm on each side. What is the density of the metal if its mass is 45 grams? The answer is in grams/cm to the third.
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
density equals mass divided by volume
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D=m/V
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The volume of the displaced fluid is the same as the volume of the object, so can figure the volume of the object.
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we are given the mass at 45 grams
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the volume would be the same as the displaced water which is
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Volume of metal and displacement:
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so
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