Jacob is given a beaker full of an unknown liquid and asked to calculate the density of the substance. He places the beaker of liquid on a digital scale. The digital scale displays that the mass of the liquid and the beaker combined is 53.3 grams.

Then, Jacob pours the liquid into a graduated cylinder to measure the volume of the liquid. He finds that the liquid has a volume of 16.1 mL.

Finally, Jacob calculates the density of the liquid by using the following equation

53.3 g ÷ 16.1 mL = 3.3 g/mL
He reports the density of the liquid to be 3.3 g/mL, but his teacher tells him that the

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Jacob is given a beaker full of an unknown liquid and asked to calculate the density of the substance. He places the beaker of liquid on a digital scale. The digital scale displays that the mass of the liquid and the beaker combined is 53.3 grams.

Then, Jacob pours the liquid into a graduated cylinder to measure the volume of the liquid. He finds that the liquid has a volume of 16.1 mL.

Finally, Jacob calculates the density of the liquid by using the following equation

53.3 g ÷ 16.1 mL = 3.3 g/mL
He reports the density of the liquid to be 3.3 g/mL, but his teacher tells him that the