A water sample collected downstream from a gold-mining operation returns a cyanide concentration of 6.18μg/L CN-. A 10-mL aliquot is spiked with 100μL of 500.0μg/L cyanide and analyzed. Analysis returns a cyanide concentration of 10.5μg/L CN-. What is the percent recovery for the spike? Make sure to consider any dilution of the original sample.

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A water sample collected downstream from a gold-mining operation returns a cyanide concentration of 6.18μg/L CN-. A 10-mL aliquot is spiked with 100μL of 500.0μg/L cyanide and analyzed. Analysis returns a cyanide concentration of 10.5μg/L CN-. What is the percent recovery for the spike? Make sure to consider any dilution of the original sample.
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