Question #7d62e

1 Answer
Oct 27, 2015

Assuming 15,000cm^3 of wood I got: 12,750g

Explanation:

Kate, remember that you need to include the units as well!
For example you have a volume of 15000....cm^3?

You may use a table to find the DENSITY of your material (basically how much stuff fits into a given volume of this stuff); these tables can be found in textbooks, websites...as for example:

![www.nyu.edu)

Density tells you the amount of mass in grams that fits into a volume of 1 cm^3....for wood 0.85g/(cm^3)

So: "density"="mass"/"volume" and rearranging:

"mass"="density"xx"volume"

If you have 15000cm^3 of wood then:

"mass"=0.85xx15000=12,750g
If you have different types of wood (cedar, fir, pine...etc) you can change the corresponding value of density and evaluate the new value of mass.