When a container of water is placed on a laboratory scale, the scale reads 120 g. Now a 20-g piece of copper (of density 8.9 g/cm3 ) is suspended from a thread and lowered into the water, not touching the bottom of the container

What will the scale now read? The density of water is 1.0 g/cm3. A) 120 g
B) 122 g
C) 138 g
D) 140 g


B

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