i am actually trying to find the density of a muffin but i already know how to do it except i don't know how to find the volume.
2006-10-27 10:03:27 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Put it in a bath of water!
Sorry
2006-10-27 10:05:24 · answer #1 · answered by holmegirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Weigh the whole muffin on a gram scale. Then carefully cut a cube out of the muffin, not too small, about 1 cubic inch, the exact size isn't important. Measure the cube as precisely as possible with a millimeter ruler, and calculate its volume. Weigh the cube. Then divide the weight of the whole muffin by the weight of the cube, and multiply the answer by the volume of the cube.
2006-10-27 17:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you put in in a flask full of a known amount of water (say, one liter), it will displace the amount of water that is equal to its volume. If you drop the muffin in and the water level reads 1.5 L, then you know its volume is .5 L. Hope this helps! :)
2006-10-27 10:07:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normally it is dropped in water and the water displacement is measured but can't do that with a muffin because it would absorb some of the water.
2006-10-27 10:06:40 · answer #4 · answered by karen wonderful 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try baking it in a square container. They do have square loaves of bread. Usually the volume of a muffin refers to how much it rises.
2006-10-27 10:37:58 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does finding the volume of a muffin have to do with Botany? Botany has to do with plants, not weights and measures.
2006-10-27 10:24:55 · answer #6 · answered by concretebrunette 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ask it
2006-10-27 10:05:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋