What is the percent abundance (in units of percent) of zinc in a sample whose density is 7.27 g/mL and the only other component is copper with a fractional abundance of 0.152? The density for pure copper is 8.96 g/cm^3 and the density of pure zinc is 7.13 g/cm^3. Report your answer to one decimal place.

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What is the percent abundance (in units of percent) of zinc in a sample whose density is 7.27 g/mL and the only other component is copper with a fractional abundance of 0.152? The density for pure copper is 8.96 g/cm^3 and the density of pure zinc is 7.13 g/cm^3. Report your answer to one decimal place.
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Given,density of sample =7.27 g/mLcopper fractional abundance=0.152density of pure copper =8.96 g/mLdensity of pure zinc =7.13 g/mL

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