mass = volume x density
Rearrange to get
volume = mass/density
If you are given the density and the mass, how do you get the volume?
2 answers
Do you not know how to rearrange these formulas.
mass = volume x density. Let's use letters.
m = v x d
To solve for v, we want to get v on one side an everything eles on the other. How can we do that?
m = v x d.
We divide both sides by d.
m/d = v*d/d
m/d = v
OR, if we wanted to solve for density.
m = v x d
Divide by v (so the v cancels)
m/v = v*d/v
The v cancels and we have left
m/v = d
or mass/volume = density.
mass = volume x density. Let's use letters.
m = v x d
To solve for v, we want to get v on one side an everything eles on the other. How can we do that?
m = v x d.
We divide both sides by d.
m/d = v*d/d
m/d = v
OR, if we wanted to solve for density.
m = v x d
Divide by v (so the v cancels)
m/v = v*d/v
The v cancels and we have left
m/v = d
or mass/volume = density.