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Water has a density of 1.00g/cm^3 per cubic centimeter. What is the mass of half a liter of water?

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Answer:

The mass of half a liter of water is 500g, that is, 0.5kg.

Explanation:

Density is mass divided by the volume, that is:


d = (m)/(v)

Here, we have to be careful. Since the density is in grams per cm³, m has to be in grams and v in cm³.

We have that:


d = 1

What is the mass of half a liter of water?

One liter is 1000 cm³.

So half a liter is 1000/2 = 500 cm³, which means that
v = 500

Then


d = (m)/(v)


1 = (m)/(500)


m = 500

The mass of half a liter of water is 500g, that is, 0.5kg.

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