determine the thickness of aluminum foil.

missdeb1013 · #1 Jan 19, 2008, 05:16 AM

Question: Determine the thickness ( in cm) of a rectangular piece of aluminum foil that is 17.0 inches long and 3.0 inches wide, with a mass of 2.21 grams. the density of aluminum is 2.70 ( g/ cm^3

I need to see the complete problem broken down to understand how to do this problem!! i am stuck help!! thanks... Deb.

PolluxCastor · Jan 19, 2008, 06:56 AM

Determine the area of the foil, then from the mass determine the volume. Then you can determine the thickness.



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