A Student Exploring the Desert Finds a Piece of Metal

question 53

Multiple Choice

A student exploring the desert finds a piece of metal with a volume of 29.9 cm³. If this metal has a mass of 337.5 g, which of the following is the metal most likely to be?

• A)aluminum (density = 2.70 g/cm³)
• B)sodium chloride (density = 2.16 g/cm³)
• C)lead (density = 11.3 g/cm³)
• D)gold (density = 19.3 g/cm³)
• E)The student discovered a new metal with a density of 0.0886 g/cm³.

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