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You have a graduated cylinder with 10 mL of water in it.

You add 300 g of lead weights, and the volume of the
water rises to 40 mL. What is the density of the lead?

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Answer:

The answer is 10 g/mL

Step-by-step explanation:

The density of a substance can be found by using the formula


density = (mass)/(volume) \\

From the question

mass = 300 g

volume = final volume of water - initial volume of water

volume = 40 - 10 = 30 mL

We have


density = (300)/(30) = (30)/(3) \\

We have the final answer as

10 g/mL

Hope this helps you

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