Water inside a tub rises from 15 mL to 19 mL when an object is submerged. If the mass of the object is 24g, what's the density of the object?

1 Answer
Feb 21, 2018

The density of the object is #"6 g/cm"^3#.

Explanation:

The volume of the object causes the water level of the water to rise.

Thus, the volume of the object is

#V = "19 mL - 15 mL = 4 mL = 4 cm"^3#

The formula for density #ρ# is

#color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)ρ = m/Vcolor(white)(a/a)|)))" "#

where

#m =# the mass of the object
#V = # the volume of the object

#ρ = "24 g"/"4 cm"^3 = "6 g/cm"^3#