Suppose you have two 100-mL graduated cylinders. In each cylinder, there is 40.0 mL of water. You also have two cubes: one is lead, and the other is aluminum. Each cube measures 1.8 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 the cylinder with lead/aluminum cube?

1 answer

volume Pb cube = 1.8^3 = ?
volume Al cube = 1.8*3 = ?

The water level in the graduated cylinders will rise. The new water level in each beaker will be the old water level + the volume occupied by each metal.