Q. 2.76 - An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Question

Suppose you have two$100 ml$ graduated cylinders. In each cylinder, there is $40 ml$ of water. You also have two cubes: one is lead, and the other is aluminum. Each cube measures $2 cm$on each side. After you carefully lower each cube into the water of its own cylinder, what will the new water level be in each of the cylinders?

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

The volume of each cube is $8 c{m}^3$ 

New water level: $48 ml$

Given

Length of graduated cylinder : $100 ml$

Initially water is $40 ml$

We have cubes of alluminiun and lead with side length $2cm$