What is the volume of 3.50 g of a material with a density of 2.98 g/mL?

1 Answer
Sep 10, 2016

#rho,"density"="Mass"/"Volume"#. And #"volume"# #~=# #1.2*mL#

Explanation:

And thus #"Volume"="Mass"/rho# #=# #(3.50*cancelg)/(2.98*cancelg*mL^-1)#

And thus #"volume"# #># #1.0*mL#, because #1/(mL^-1)# #-=# #"mL"#. So we know we;ve got the right units for the calculation.