If a wooden block were cut into eight identical pieces, the density of each piece compared to the density of the original block would be?

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anor277
Oct 4, 2016

..........then the densities of each block would be precisely equivalent.

Explanation:

#"Density"# #=# #"Unit mass"/"Unit volume"#.

Given that most materials have uniform volume, and uniform mass, the quotient remains constant.

In other words, #"density"# is a so-called intensive property.

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