SOLUTION: How do you calculate the volume when you only know what the mass is?

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Question 679949: How do you calculate the volume when you only know what the mass is?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Density = Mass/Volume

D = M/V

DV = M

V = M/D

So if you know both the mass and the density (something you can look up in book/table), then you can find the volume. This is of course assuming that the object is made of the same uniform substance and material (and this material is spread and distributed uniformly throughout the volume).