a large jar contains 500 marbles suppose you have an identical empty jar how would you find the mass of one marble

1 answer

1. Find the masses of each jar.

2. Subtract the empty jar from the jar with marbles.

3. Divide by 500!

4. Tada!

Ex: Jar w/ marbles: 600 grams
Empty Jar: 100 grams

Jar w/ marbles - Jar = 500 grams
500 grams/ 500 = 1 gram (one marble = 1 gram)