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My teacher said that the answer is 108grams and I don't know how he got it please help me ​

My teacher said that the answer is 108grams and I don't know how he got it please-example-1
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The jump from 2 cm to 6 cm is "times 3". This is the linear scale factor.

We cube the linear scale factor value to get the volume scale factor.

The volume scale factor is 3^3 = 27, meaning that the larger egg's volume is 27 times greater compared to the smaller egg's volume

larger volume = 27*(smaller volume)

Assuming the two eggs have the same density, this would mean that the larger mass is 27 times that of the smaller mass

larger mass = 27*(smaller mass)

larger mass = 27*(4 grams)

larger mass = 108 grams

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