Joe found a gold nugget which had a mass density of 19.2 g/cm^3. When he dropped it into water in a graduated cylinder, the water level increased by 15.0 mL. How many grams of gold did Joe have?

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praxer · Answer

The volume of the water level increase= volume of the gold nugget dropped 
Since the density of the gold nugget is given hence we can find the mass of the gold nugget easily by the relation.

Mass = (density of the substance )*(volume of the substance)

Please take care of the units during the calculation the of this kind of problem.