A certain sample of a mineral weighs 12.4 g and has a volume of 1.64 cm3. What is the density of this mineral?

Question

 chemistry 

 

Answer 1

ρ = density = m/V = (12.4 g) / (1.64 cm³) = 7.56 g/cm³

 

By the way, 12.4 g is the mass, not the weight of the sample.