Question

If the volume of water in a cylinder is 8.0mL, but changes to 10.0mL when a solid is carefully lowered into it, the volume of the solid is?

Answer 1

2 mL.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Volume of water = 8 mL

Volume of water + solid = 10 mL

Volume of solid =?

The volume of the solid can be obtained as follow:

Volume of solid = (Volume of water + solid) – (Volume of water)

Volume of solid = 10 – 8

Volume of solid = 2 mL

Therefore, the volume of the solid is 2 mL