Question

A sample of silver has a volume of `"965 cm"^3"`. The density of silver is `"10.5 g/cm"^3"`. What is the mass of the silver?

Answer 1

The mass of the silver is `"10100 g"` or `"10.1 kg"`.

Explanation:

`"density"=("mass")/("volume")`

`"mass"="density"xx"volume"`

`"mass"=(10.5color(white)(.)"g")/color(red)cancel(color(black)("cm"^3))xx965color(red)cancel(color(black)("cm"^3))="10100 g"` or `"10.1 kg"` (rounded to three significant figures)

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