A hollow metal pipe has outer diameter and inner diameter

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Problem

A hollow metal pipe has outer diameter 6 cm6\,\text{cm} and inner diameter 4 cm4\,\text{cm}. Its length is 20 cm20\,\text{cm} and its mass is 500 g500\,\text{g}. Calculate the density of the metal in g cm−3\text{g cm}^{-3}. (a) 1.27 g cm−31.27\,\text{g cm}^{-3} (b) 1.6 g cm−31.6\,\text{g cm}^{-3} (c) 0.88 g cm−30.88\,\text{g cm}^{-3} (d) 2.0 g cm−32.0\,\text{g cm}^{-3}

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