SOLUTION: Gold has a density of 19 320kg/m3. A salesman wants to sell you a metallic cube that weighs 500 grams, with side lengths of 3cm, for $80, which he claims is solid gold. Investiga

Question 1033394: Gold has a density of 19 320kg/m3. A salesman wants to sell you a metallic cube that weighs 500 grams, with side lengths of 3cm, for $80, which he claims is solid gold. Investigate whether you believe this item to be solid gold or another metal and justify your choice with clear mathematical working and explanations.
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Gold has a density of 19320 kg/m3. A salesman wants to sell you a metallic cube that weighs 500 grams,
with side lengths of 3cm, for $80, which he claims is solid gold. Investigate whether you believe this item
to be solid gold or another metal and justify your choice with clear mathematical working and explanations.
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The volume of the cube is  = 27 .

The density of the sample is  = 18.51852 .

Compare it with the standard density of the gold  , which is the same as  . 

Now make your conclusion.

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