anice measured the mass and the volume of an object. She then determined the density of the object by dividing the object’s mass by its volume (D = ).

Question

Which value would most likely represent the density of the object?

–1 g/cm3
4 m/s
–3 m/s
6 g/cm3

Answer 1

Density is calculated as mass divided by volume (D = mass/volume). The units of density are commonly grams per cubic centimeter (g/cm³) or kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m³), depending on the context.

Given the options you provided, we can evaluate them:

• –1 g/cm³: Density cannot be negative, so this option is not valid.
• 4 m/s: This is a unit of speed, not density, so this is also not valid.
• –3 m/s: Again, this is a unit of speed and cannot represent density; it's also not valid.
• 6 g/cm³: This is a valid density value.

Therefore, the most likely representative value for the density of the object would be 6 g/cm³.