Question

The balance in the lab is broken! You need to find the mass of a sample of silver with a density of 10.49 g/mL. When the piece of silver is placed into 25.00 mL of water, the volume reads 28.54 mL. What is the mass of this piece of silver?

(A) 262.3 g
(B) 37.1 g
(C) 299.4 g
(D) 0.337 g
(E) 2.721 g

Answer 1

B 37.1 g

Step-by-step explanation:

find the volume of the displaced water 28.54mL - 25.0mL = 3.54 mL displaced by the silver.

3.54 mL x 10.49 g/mL = 37.1g of total silver