A truckload of plastic soda bottles was finely shredded at a recycling center. The plastic shreds were placed into 55-liter drums. What is the mass of the plastic shreds inside one of the drums? Hint: 55-liters=55,000 milliliters=55,000cm^3
2007-09-30 14:23:05 · 2 answers · asked by Fruitsickle 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
In order to answer this question, you would need to know the density of the plastic used to make the soda bottles.
We know the volume of the bottles (55,000 cm^3). The relationship between the mass of a substance and its volume is density. If you had the plastic's density, you would mearly need to multiply the volume and the density together, making sure the units cancel out properly to give you a unit of mass (typically the gram).
2007-09-30 14:28:11 · answer #1 · answered by lhvinny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mass = density x volume.
Since you're not provided with the density of the plastic, this question is unanswerable ;)
2007-09-30 14:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by Shen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋