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density = mass/volume

In your example,

density(object) = 5.5/7 g/cm3 = 0.8 g/cm3.

Note that I rounded the last number to one significant decimal, as the volume (7 cm3) is specified with only one significant decimal. A volume of 7 cm3 varies between 6.5 cm3 and 7.4 cm3, and the answer conforms to a "good estimate".

If the volume had been specified as 7.0 cm3, then the answer would be different, namely

density(object) = 5.5/7.0 g/cm3 = 0.79 g/cm3,

rounded to two significant decimals, as we now have assumed more accuracy, the answer is also a "better estimate", because in the first case, the answer would actually range between 5.54/6.50 = 0.852 and 5.45/7.49 = 0.728 (which average to exactly 0.79, please check this).

<Feb 18, 2014 - B.C.>

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