Because, from Archimedes' Principle, the volume of the water displaced is equal to the volume of the object displacing it. So, were you to collect all the displaced water and put it into a graduated cylinder, it would tell you the volume of the object in question.
It is the volume - strictly the internal volume - of a solid object.
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It could be a solid object made with a mixture of materials whose average density is 5 grams per cm3 or it could be a hollow object made with materials whose density is higher.
The volume of a solid object such as a rock or pebble can be determined by submerging it in a liquid in a graduated cylinder or other container. The difference in the volume of the liquid is the volume of the object.
To find the volume of an irregular-shaped solid object, you can use a method called displacement. Fill a container with water, then submerge the object in the water and measure the amount of water displaced. The volume of the object is equal to the volume of water displaced, which can be calculated using the formula for volume of a regular shape.
Put solid in a container ; fill container with water to a known container volume; take object out of container and read the remaining volume. subtract this remaining volumefrom the known volume. This result is the volume of the regular or irregular shaped solid.
When you are trying to find the volume of an irregularly shaped object.
When an object is immersed in water the volume of water displaced is equal to the volume of that object as discovered by Archimedes.
A graduated cylinder can be used to measure the volume of a solid by first measuring the initial volume of water in the cylinder and then adding the solid to find the new volume. The difference in volume before and after adding the solid gives the volume of the solid.
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Get a liquid volume measuring jug, fill it to a fixed level with water and make a note of the level = level A. Next drop in the solid object and make a note of the new level = level B.Subtract level A from level B and the difference is the volume of the solid object.
Any object with an average density of 1.538 g/cc.
by measuring the amount of water it displaces
The volume of an irregularly shaped solid can be measured by placing the solid in a known quantity of water in a container with measurement markings. Take the new volume and find the difference between this and the old volume. This is the volume of your irregularly shaped solid.
how do you use a graduated cylinder to find the volume of an irreglarly shaped solid object
If the body is a solid not soluble in water then we can keep it immersed in a measurable jar. Just noting down the level of water raised and getting the difference in the level with the initial one, we can get the volume of the irregular shaped object.