Chemistry
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780078021510
Author: Raymond Chang Dr., Kenneth Goldsby Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.83QP
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Interpretation: The total amount of gold in grams that is present in sea water and the worth of the gold in dollars have to be calculated using the given data. Also the reason for why hasn’t someone become rich by mining gold from the ocean even though there is so much gold out there has to be given.
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