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can you help me!!!!!!!! How can you find the weight of a box of tissues without using a scale or balance???
Please help!!
thanks

By Webhappy2 (Webhappy2) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 09:13 pm: Edit

Wow...

Put it in a tub of water, find the displaced water (measure volume displaced). Now, find the density (usu. done by just measuring current temperature), and convert to mass.

Uh... you might need to wrap it in a waterproof layer (maybe foil?). Then, you would actually need to also find the mass of the foil used to wrap the tissue box.

By User123 (User123) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 10:55 pm: Edit

will that actually work??? Have you done it before? just curious

By User123 (User123) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 10:57 pm: Edit

will that actually work??? Have you done it before? just curious

By Minibrit (Minibrit) on Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 11:36 pm: Edit

compare it to paperclips.

By Me1 (Me1) on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 12:18 am: Edit

Wouldn't a box of tissues just disintegrate if placed in water? I mean that could work for a rock or something, but I don't think it would work for a tissue box (assuming it's like cardboard).

By Muzicgal04 (Muzicgal04) on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 12:17 pm: Edit

compare it to something with a known weight, i.e. a one pound barbell, a pound of sugar, etc. Then, if its less, you could use the sugar, measure out amts of it until you have the same weight (taking into acct the weight of the container the sugar is in) and then measure the sugar in a cup measure (or other measuring tool) and figure that out relative to a pound of sugar. Just an idea

By Nemom (Nemom) on Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 08:17 pm: Edit

Call up or email the manufacturer and ask! (Note: this may not get you a great grade, but will certainly amuse your teacher.)