Final answer:
The mass of a steel cube with a side of 10 cm is 7.8 kg. If a piece of steel has a mass of 8 kg, its volume would be approximately 1025.64 cm³.
Step-by-step explanation:
The density of steel given is 7.8 g/cm³ (which is equivalent to 7800 kg/m³), and to find the mass of a steel cube with side of 10 cm, we first calculate its volume using the formula for volume of a cube V = a³, where 'a' is the length of a side. So, V = 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm = 1000 cm³. Next, we can find the mass (m) using the density (p) and volume (V) via the formula m = p x V. The mass is thus 7.8 g/cm³ x 1000 cm³ = 7800 g, or 7.8 kg.
For the second part of the question, if the mass of steel is given as 8 kg, and we want to find the volume, we rearrange the density formula to V = m / p. Using the density in kg/m³, we have V = 8 kg / 7800 kg/m³, which results in a volume of approximately 0.00102564 m³, or 1025.64 cm³.