Look at the graduated cylinder below. What is the volume of the water?

Drag the sample to the graduated cylinder. Record the volume.

To determine the volume of the sample, you need to determine how much water was displaced. To do this, you subtract the initial, or beginning, volume from the final volume. How much water was displaced? If you need help click on the word "Hint" below.

When we use the water displacement method to find the volume of an object, we must convert the units from milliliters (mL) to centimeters cubed (cm³). 1 mL = 1 cm³. So in our example above, 22 mL = 22 cm³.

Now, let’s determine the density of the unknown sample. We know the volume is 22 cm³. Let’s find the mass. Drag the sample onto the electronic balance to determine the mass.

Plug the volume and mass into the density formula.
Density = m over v m v          Density = 55.8 over 22 52.8 22