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am i finding the mass? or something else?

a sheet of aluminum foil that is 11 in wide and 11 in long weighs 8.9gif aluminum has a density of 2.70g/cm3, what is the thickness, in mm, of the foil? (assume that the foil is pure aluminum)

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You need to determine volume of the aluminumFirst change 11 inches x 11 inches to metric27.94cm x 27.94cmIf you have 8.9g of foil and foil is 2.7 g/cm3, then you have 3.3cm3 of foil(8.9cm3/2.7cm3)The volume of the foil (3.3cm3) will be equal to the length (27.94cm) x width (27.94cm) x thicknessThat is simplified to 780.64cm2 x thickness equals 3.3cm3Divide each side by 780.64cm2 and you get thickness equals 3.3cm3/780.64cm2Thickness then equals .00423 cm.

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