Imagine that Ana has a block made of pure gold. If she cuts this block into two equal pieces, pick the statement that best describes the resulting pieces.

The density of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

Explanation:

Options

The mass of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

The weight of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

The density of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

The volume of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

The correct answer would be that the density of each piece is the same as that of the original block.

The density is the ratio of the mass of a substance to the volume of the substance. This ratio is constant for all substances because the mass of any object varies proportionally with the volume of the object. The more the mass increases, the more the volume also increases, and vice-versa.

a. the law of proportion states the combination of 2 atoms in a specific ratio to produce multiple compounds such as the given statement of question ‘1st compound contains 88.8 % cu ’ indicates 88.8 g of cu is present along with 11.2 g oxygen in 100 g of compound whereas the statement ‘2st compound contains 79.9 % cu ’ indicates 79.9 g of cu is present along with 20.1 g oxygen in 100 g of compound

1st compound contains 88.8 g cu

for cu

m = 63 g /mol

atomic % = 88.8 /63 = 1.42

for o

m = 16 g /mol

atomic % = 11.2 /16 = 0.7

b. the emperical formula of 1st compound is

cu1.4o0.7

cu2o