Question

A chemist pours 200 grams of a liquid (density = 2.5 gm/mL) into a cube beaker with 5 cm edges and a graduated cylinder with a base radius of 5 cm and a height of 5 cm.
What is fraction of the liquid that needs to be put in the graduated cylinder such that the liquid height is the same in the beaker
and graduated cylinder?

Feb 27, 2011