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an empty beaker weighs when completely filled with water, the beaker and its contents have a total mass of what volume does the beaker hold? use 1.00 g/ml as the density of water.

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This question pertains to physics and the concept of density. The volume of water the beaker can hold can be determined if we know the mass of the empty beaker and its mass when filled with water - subtracting the former from the latter gives the mass of the water, which divided by the density of water, gives us the volume.

Step-by-step explanation:

To solve this problem, you need to determine the mass of the water alone. If the empty beaker has a mass, we subtract that from the mass of the beaker when it is filled with water. Thus, by the principle of mass conservation, the difference will give us the mass of the water in the beaker.

Knowing that mass of the water, and knowing that the density of water is generally agreed upon as 1.00 g/mL, we can use the formula: Density = Mass/Volume

By rearranging the formula, we can solve for Volume: Volume = Mass/Density

Therefore, the volume of the water in the beaker, and by extension the volume the beaker can hold, is equal to the mass of the water divided by the density of the water.

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