The density of mercury metal is 13.6 g/mL. What is the mass of 3.55 mL of the metal?

1 Answer
Aug 12, 2016

color(purple)("The mercury metal has a mass of 48.3g."The mercury metal has a mass of 48.3g.

Explanation:

To calculate the mass of the object, we have to use the following formula:
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- Density will have units of g/(mL)gmL when dealing with a liquid or units of g/(cm^3)gcm3 when dealing with a solid.

  • The mass has units of grams, gg.

  • The volume will have units of mLmL or cm^3cm3

We are given the density and volume, both of which have good units so all we have to do is rearrange the equation to solve for the mass:

densityxxvolume=(mass)/(cancel"volume")xxcancel"volume"

color(coral)("Density")xxcolor(coral)("Volume = Mass")

(13.6g)/cancel"mL"xx3.55cancel"mL"

Thus, the object has a mass of 48.3g.