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This was Arcamedie's great discovery.

Weigh the gold.

Place the gold in a beaker full of water

Capture and measure the amount of the water displaced

divided the weight by the volume and you have the density.

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12y ago

Density- The amount of mass that 1cm3 of a substance has. Measured in grams per cubic centimetre.

To work it out:

Mass/volume= density

hope this helps (it will if u do science)

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16y ago

The density of gold is 19.3. At a temperature of 20 centigrade above zero.

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15y ago

Density = Mass divided by Volume

So if we take a known volume of gold, and find out its weight, we can determine the density.

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