If You Have a Graduated Cylinder Containing 15

question 56

Multiple Choice

If you have a graduated cylinder containing 15.5 mL of water and this volume increases to 95.2 mL after a piece of metal with a mass of 7.95 g is dropped into the graduated cylinder, then what is the density of the metal?

• A) 0.0835 g/mL
• B) 0.513 g/mL
• C) 0.0718 g/mL
• D) 10.0 g/mL
• E) 9.97 × 10^-2 g/mL

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Definitions:

Muscular Artery

A type of medium-sized artery that has a thicker muscular layer, which allows for regulation of blood flow by contracting or dilating.

Arteriole

A small diameter blood vessel in the microcirculation that extends and branches out from an artery and leads to capillaries.

Ascending Aorta

Part of the aorta from which the coronary arteries arise.

Coronary Arteries

Major blood vessels that supply the heart muscle (myocardium) with oxygenated blood and nutrients.