A 26.00 gram piece of aluminium is placed in a graduated cylinder containing 60.1 mL of water. If the density of aluminium is 2.70 g/cm^3, what will the water level be after aluminium piece is added?

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A 26.00 gram piece of aluminium is placed in a graduated  cylinder containing 60.1 mL of water.  If the density of aluminium is 2.70 g/cm^3, what will the water level be after aluminium piece is added?

jfraser · Answer

you know the and density of the aluminum sample. Use the density equation and find the $volume$ of the sample, which is the amount that the water in the graduated cylinder should rise