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Which has a greater density a piece of bread or a piece of steel of the same size why?
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∙ 14y ago
Density is how much mass is compressed into a state of volume. Considering bread is made of water, carbon, and other light molecules, it doesn't have much mass. Steel has much more mass and thus will be more dense; however, if u can compress the bread until it has the same mass at the same volume of the steel, it will have the same density.
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