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A cube of gold-colored metal with a volume of 54 cm3 has a mass of 980 g. The density

of gold is 19.3 g/cm3. Is this sample of metal pure gold?

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Answer:

A gold-colored metal with a volume of 59 cm3 and a mass of 980 g will have a density of 16.61 g/cm3 instead of 19.3 g/cm3

Recall that the density of a substance is the ratio of its mass and that of its volume.

In other words; density = mass/volume

In this case, the mass of the gold-colored metal is 980 g while the volume is 59 cm3

density of the metal = 980/59

= 16.61 g/cm3

Thus, the density of the gold-colored metal is 16.61 g/cm3, instead of 19.3 g/cm3

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