Why can you express the volume of a gold nugget measured by the method in cubic units?
What method?
Graduated cylinder is the tool you use or length by width by height. Is that what you mean by method?
What was the method used to measure the volume of the gold nugget? Did the researcher drop it into a graduated cylinder containing water?
Yes!
What was the volume of water displaced by the nugget?
Dosen't matter - not an exact number - the question is why the unit is used - just a general knowledge question?
Does a graduated cylinder measure in cubic units?
Yes - I think so?
The volume of an object is a measure of the space that it occupies. In the case of a gold nugget, its volume can be expressed in cubic units because it is a three-dimensional object.
To calculate the volume of a gold nugget (or any solid object), you can use the formula for the volume of a regular shape or use more complex methods for irregular shapes.
For regular-shaped gold nuggets (such as cubes, rectangular prisms, or spheres), you can use specific formulas. For example, the formula for the volume of a cube is V = s^3, where V represents the volume and s represents the length of one side of the cube. The result of this calculation will be expressed in cubic units (e.g., cubic centimeters, cubic inches, or cubic meters).
For irregular-shaped gold nuggets, you will need to use methods such as displacement or water displacement. Displacement involves measuring the change in water level when the nugget is placed in a container filled with water, while water displacement uses the volume of water displaced by the nugget to determine its volume. Again, the result will be expressed in cubic units.
So, regardless of whether the gold nugget is regular or irregular in shape, its volume can be measured and expressed in cubic units because volume is a fundamental property of three-dimensional objects, representing the amount of space they occupy.