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Joan has four containers. The chart below shows the mass and volume of each of the containers. Two of the containers are filled with solids, one is filled with a liquid, and one is filled with a gas.

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This question is incomplete. However, it should be noted that if the containers are compared with an equal average volume, the containers having solids will have larger masses than that containing liquid which will also have a larger mass than that containing gas. This is because solids have there molecules touching each other in compact manner which makes the molecule exert a certain combined force/mass. The molecules of liquid are also close to one another but are not compact like the solids and are hence exerting a lesser force/mass than solids. Gases have free molecules that are far apart and thus are usually the lightest when they occupy the same volume as liquids and solids.

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