A rectangular block has dimensions 2.9cm x 3.5cm x 10.0cm. The mass of

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The discussion focuses on calculating the volume and density of a rectangular block with dimensions 2.9 cm x 3.5 cm x 10.0 cm and a mass of 615.0 g. The volume is determined using the formula for the volume of a rectangular prism, which is length x width x height, resulting in 101.15 cm³. The density is calculated by dividing the mass by the volume, yielding a density of 6.09 g/cm³.

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A rectangular block has dimensions 2.9cm x 3.5cm x 10.0cm. The mass of the block is 615.0 g. What are the volume and density of the block?

how do you do it?
 
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disneychannel said:
A rectangular block has dimensions 2.9cm x 3.5cm x 10.0cm. The mass of the block is 615.0 g. What are the volume and density of the block?

how do you do it?

How should you find the volume of that rectangular block? You do know how to calculate the volume of a cube or rectangular box, right?

And density is just mass per volume. So once you have the volume in cubic cm, you can calculate the density in grams per cubic cm. Give it a go and show your work (and keep showing the units in your calculations to help keep things straight)...
 

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