In an old trunk, you find a cube of metal that you think may be aluminum, silver, lead, cobalt or tin. In lab you find that it has a mass of 222 g and a length of 2.7 cm. What is the metal? The density of each metal is given below at room temperature.

In an old trunk, you find a cube of metal that you think may be aluminum, silver, lead, cobalt or tin. In lab you find that it has a mass of 222 g and a length of 2.7 cm. What is the metal? The density of each metal is given below at room temperature.

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