A gem has a mass of 4.50 g. When the gem is placed in a graduated cylinder 12.00 mL of water, the water level rises to 13.45 mL.

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Haylie Riley

Chemistry

21 March, 02:55

A gem has a mass of 4.50 g. When the gem is placed in a graduated cylinder 12.00 mL of water, the water level rises to 13.45 mL.

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Ahmed Daugherty · Answer 1

Displaced volume:

Final volume - Initial volume

13.45 mL - 12.00 mL = > 1.45 mL

Mass = 4.50 g

Therefore:

density = mass / volume

D = 4.50 / 1.45

D = 3.103 g/mL