Question:In lab, you were asked to find a method of finding the density
of a wax...
Question
In lab, you were asked to find a method of finding the density
of a wax...
In lab, you were asked to find a method of finding the density
of a wax block. One way to do this is to tie the wax piece to metal
chunk of known size and weigh them together, both in air and
submerged in water. Suppose that you attached the wax to a copper
block (copper’s density = 8960 kg/m3) with dimensions
7.00 cm x 3.50 cm x 3.50 cm. This combination sinks in water. You
weigh the combination both in and out of the water. Outside the
water, the combo weighs 10.30 N. Submerged in the water, the combo
weighs 6.382 N. Find the volume, mass, and density of the wax.