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A graduated cylinder contains 100.0 mL of

water. An irregularly shaped object is placed in
the cylinder, and the water level rises to the
250.0 mL mark. If the object has a mass of
450 g, what is the density?

User BarbaraKwarc
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Answer:

3 g/mL

Step-by-step explanation:

density is mass divided by volume

The mass of the object is 450g, and the volume is 150mL (the water level changes by 150mL).

450g/150mL = 3 g/mL

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