a graduated cylinder containing 242.0 ml of water weighs 950.0 grams. when a silver sphere is placed in the graduated cylinder the water level rose to 260.0ml the entire system the cylinder,water and silver now weighs 1144.3 g. calculate the density of silver

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anonymous · Answer

Do you know the formula for density?

anonymous · Answer

yes thats the d=m/v right?

anonymous · Answer

Correct.  So what is the mass of the silver sphere?  And what is the volume of the silver sphere?

anonymous · Answer

would I take 1144.3 *260.5 to find the density of the silver?

anonymous · Answer

i meant divide

aaronq · Answer

260 mL is not the volume of the piece of silver - the difference in the change from the volume before the object was placed in the water (242 mL)  and the final volume (260 mL) is the volume of the object