A piece of PVC plumbing pipe displaces 60 mL when placed into a container of water. If the pipe has a mass of 78g, what is the density of PVC?

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Bryan Duran

6 September, 12:07

A piece of PVC plumbing pipe displaces 60 mL when placed into a container of water. If the pipe has a mass of 78g, what is the density of PVC?

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Shaun Drake · Answer 1

Use the equation d=m/v

your mass or "m" is 78 g

your volume or "v" is 60mL

if you plug those values into the equation it will look like this:

d=78/60

d=1.3g/mL should be what you come up with