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Part I: Density of Unknown Liquid

Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3
Mass of Empty 10 mL
graduated cylinder (grams)
25.6 25.3 26.1
Volume of liquid (milliliters) 8.02 8.12 8.12
Mass of graduated cylinder
and liquid (grams)
35.4 35.5 36.2
Part II: Density of Irregular-Shaped Solid
Mass of solid
(grams)
38.196 41.193 42.506
Volume of water (milliliters) 50 51.20 51
Volume of water and solid
(milliliters)
54.01 56.2 55.5
Part III: Density of Regular-Shaped Solid
Mass of solid (grams) 26.5 25.9 27.7
Length of solid (centimeters) 5.3 5.1 4.6
Width of solid (centimeters) 3.1 4.1 3.6
Height of solid (centimeters) 2.6 3.1 2.1
Calculations
Show all of your work for each of the following calculations and be careful to follow significant
figure rules in each calculation.
Part I: Density of Unknown Liquid
1. Calculate the mass of the liquid for each trial. (Subtract the mass of the empty
graduated cylinder from the mass of the graduated cylinder with liquid.)
Trial 1: 9.8

Trial 2: 10.2

Trial 3: 10.1
2. Calculate the density of the unknown liquid for each trial. (Divide the mass of the
liquid calculated above by the volume of the liquid.)
Trial 1: 1.22

Trial 2: 1.26

Trial 3: 1.24

Part II: Density of Irregular-Shaped Solid
3. Calculate the volume of the irregular-shaped solid for each trial. (Subtract the
volume of the water from the total volume of the water and solid.)
Trial 1: 4.01

Trial 2: 5

Trial 3: 4.5

4. Calculate the density of the irregular-shaped solid for each trial. (Divide the mass
of the solid by the volume of the solid calculated above.)
Trial 1: 9.53

Trial 2: 8.24

Trial 3: 9.45
Part III: Density of Regular-Shaped Solid
5. Calculate the volume of the regular shaped solid for each trial.
(Multiply the length width height for each trial to get the volume in the unit
cm
3
.)
Trial 1: 42.72

Trial 2: 64.82

Trial 3: 34.78

6. Calculate the density of the regular-shaped solid for each trial. (Divide the mass
of the solid by the volume calculated above.)
Trial 1: 1.61

Trial 2: 2.50

Trial 3: 1.26
Questions and Conclusions:
1. How would you determine the proper number of significant figures of a liquid using a
graduated cylinder? (See practice interactive in "Activity" tab of lesson.)
Estimate one decimal place past the smallest division on the cylinder.

2. Can just one measurement be considered precise? Can just one measurement be
considered accurate? Explain your answers completely.
It cant be precise, because precision is a measurement of how close a group of
measurements are to each other. It can however be accurate if it matches the right value.

3. In parts II and III of the lab you used different sized objects in each trial. Compare the
density values that you calculated for these items, how do the three trials compare?
I really see no connection.

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