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An Investor Paid Market Price for a Chunk of Gold

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An investor paid market price for a chunk of gold that he was told was pure.The gold bar had a mass of 440 g, but was slightly irregular so an exact volume could not be calculated.The investor filled a large graduated cylinder with water, immersed the chunk of gold, and observed an increase in the apparent volume of material in the graduated cylinder of 25.0 mL.Pure gold has a density of 19.3 g/cm3.Did the investor get her money's worth? Why or why not?

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