An empty beaker weighs 45.31 g. a) When completely filled with water, the beaker and its contents have a total mass of 315.85 g. What volume does the beaker hold? Use d =1.00 g/mL as the density of water.

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joannablackwelder · Answer

Can you find the mass of the water?

anonymous · Answer

yes my answer for the mass of water was 270.54mL

joannablackwelder · Answer

Cool! Now you can use density = mass / volume to find the volume of the water.

joannablackwelder · Answer

Oh and that should be 270.54 g right?

joannablackwelder · Answer

For mass.

anonymous · Answer

no cause the problem said the total mass of water was 315.85g so i had to find the volume of the beaker which my answer was 270.54g. i am now confused on how to solve mercury part

joannablackwelder · Answer

Ok, hold on. The problem said that the mass of the beaker and the water was 315.85g.

joannablackwelder · Answer

And the mass of the beaker was 45.31 g

joannablackwelder · Answer

So, the mass of the water is 270.54 g. Make sense so far?

anonymous · Answer

yes i finally figured it out thank you

joannablackwelder · Answer

You are very welcome. :)

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Welcome to Open Study!

anonymous · Answer

thank you (:

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