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Magnesium has a density of 1.071 g/cm3

. Aluminium has a density of 2.700

g/cm3
. An unknown metal has a mass of 15 g and a volume of 14 cm3
. Is the
unknown metal magnesium or aluminium? Show your work for complete marks.

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Answer:

Explanation:

The density of the unknown metal is

mass / volume = 15 gm / 14 cm^3 = 1.0714 gm/cm^3 SO it is magnesium

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