How do you determine the density from a graph of volume and mass?

1 Answer
David Drayer
Sep 19, 2016

From the slope of the line with mass on the y axis and volume on the x axis

Explanation:

Density is Mass over Volume # D = (M/V)#

Slope = #(y/x)#

So if you graph Mass = y and Volume = x

The Slope is the average Density

This is a great way of determining Density.

A fun experiment is to have students find the mass and volume of different numbers of pennies ( which vary in mass density) . Then graph the results to find an average density.

Related questions
See all questions in Density
Impact of this question
37858 views around the world
You can reuse this answer
Creative Commons License