Question

Use the information in the following chart to answer the question below.

Substance Density (g/cm³)
aluminum 2.7
iron 7.9
gold 19.3
You just found a metallic object in a creek bed. You have found its mass to be 96.5 g, and it displaces 5 mL of water. What is the substance?



aluminum

iron

gold

none of the above

Answer 1

It's gold.

Answer 2

thnx:)

Answer 3

Centimeters cubed is equal to milliliters so it would be the mass in grams of the substance (96.5) divided by the mL of water(5) which is 19.3, matching up with the density of gold.