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One side of a cube of an unknown metal measures 0.53cm. If the mass of the cube is 0.92g, what is the density of the cube?

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Answer:

6.174 g/cm³

Step-by-step explanation:

First we calculate the volume of the cube:

volume = edge × edge × edge

volume = 0.53 × 0.53 × 0.53 = 0.149 cm³

Now we may proceed to calculate the density:

density = mass / volume

density = 0.92 / 0.149 = 6.174 g/cm³

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