Question

A graduated cylinder is filled to

25.0 mL with water and a piece of
silver is placed in the cylinder,
displacing the level to 54.8 mL.
What is the volume of the silver
piece in cubic centimeters?
[ ? ] cm3

pls help asap

Answer 1

initial volume (without silver): 25.0 mL
final volume (with silver): 54.8 mL

1 mL = 1 cm3 (you can just change the units and the numbers will be the same)

volume of silver piece:

54.8 cm3 - 25.0 cm3 = 29.8 cm3