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91. The karat is a dimensionless
unit that is used to indicate the proportion of gold
in a gold-containing alloy. An alloy that is one karat gold contains a weight
of pure gold that is one part in twenty-four. What is the volume of gold in a
14.0-karat gold necklace whose weight is 1.27 N? |
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14 karats
means the volume of gold is |
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Solving for Volume |
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So if we take the percentage
of the weight of the necklace is gold, we can then find the volume of gold. |
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