SOLUTION: Please help me with this question.A metal has a mass of 145.5g its is placed into a nonreactive liquid in a square prism whose base measures 10 cm on each edge. If the metal is sod

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Question 866561: Please help me with this question.A metal has a mass of 145.5g its is placed into a nonreactive liquid in a square prism whose base measures 10 cm on each edge. If the metal is sodium how high should the liquid level rise?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the density of sodium. This must be given with the question or you need to look in a reference source. What is, also, the identity, if known, of this "nonreactive liquid"?

If you know the density, d, of sodium and unit is grams per cubic centimeter, then 145.5%2Ag%281%2Fd%29%28cm%5E3%2Fg%29=%28145.5%2Fd%29%2Acm%5E3, the volume of this sodium.

This volume must conform to:
Let h = height change in the cubical container corresponding to the sodium
highlight_green145.5%2Fd=h%2A10%2A10%29 and solve this for h.
highlight%28h=145.5%2F%28d%2A100%29%29 cm.