Activity 5.4 Calculating Properties of Solids Answer Key

Since the slope of the line is represented by rise/run and density = mass/volume, the rise (vertical axis) should be mass and the run (horizontal axis) should be volume. Since a zero volume would result in zero mass, to what value should you set the y-intercept? Zero. That is, the point (0,0) = (volume, mass) is a point on the line. ................
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