help me please!!! chem lab how do you find.....

ok so i did a lab and it's asking to write down the volume to mass ratio... but i have the two masses.. one of the whole tablet of alka-seltzer and the mass of a piece of the tablet. then i have the volume.. but do i like add those two together and get the total mass then make it into a ratio?? help!

here's my data:
Whole tablet(1st column) Piece of Tablet(2nd) Volume (3rd)
1. 3.23g 1. 0.50g 1. 3.7 mL
2. 3.23g 2. 0.82g 2. 9.7 mL
3.2.50g 3. 2.50g 3. 37.2 mL
4.3.23g 4. 3.23g 4. 42.6 mL

thanks! =]

sorry but i have no idea

CB What's picture

no clue> Sorry

jacky1994's picture

Maybe you make them to simplest form to get the ratio.
But Im not too sure