How do we find the densities of the following solvents if.....?

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A $5.0mL$ volume of benzene has a mass of $4.4g$ .

A $5.0mL$ volume of ethyl alcohol has a mass of $3.9g$ ....

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Answer 1 · 2016-09-29T08:07:59

$"Density, "rho$ $=$ $"Mass"/"Volume"$ ; benzene is the denser liquid.

$rho_"benzene"$ $=$ $(4.4*g)/(5.0*mL)$ $=$ $??*g*mL^-1$ $=$ $0.88*g*mL^-1$ .

$rho_"ethanol"$ $=$ $(3.9*g)/(5.0*mL)$ $=$ $??*g*mL^-1$ $=$ $?*g*mL^-1$ .

My money is on the benzene.