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A sample of ore is found to be 0.0042% gold and 0.049% diamond. What is the percentage of matter in the ore that is neither gold nor diamond?

User Rajpara
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Answer:

0.007%

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User Eli Iser
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Answer:

99.9468 %

Explanation:

The total percentage of the diamond and gold is:

0.0042 % + 0.049% = 0.0532%

The percentage of other metal that is neither gold or diamond = 100 - 0.0532

= 99.9468 %

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