Collectible coins are sometimes plated with gold to enhance their beauty and value. Consider a commemorative quarter-dollar advertised for sale at $4.98. It has a diameter of 24.3 mm, a thickness of 1.78 mm, and is completely covered with a layer of pure gold 0.154 µm thick. The volume of the plating is equal to the thickness of the layer multiplied by the area to which it is applied. The patterns on the faces of the coin and the grooves on its edge have a negligible effect on its area. Assume the price of gold is $15.5 per gram.
(a) Find the cost of the gold added to the coin.
Collectible coins are sometimes plated with gold to enhance their beauty and value. Consider a commemorative...
2. Collectible coins are sometimes plated with gold to enhance their beauty and value. Consider a commemorative quarter-dollar advertised for sale at $4.98. It has a diameter of 24.3 mm, and is completely covered with a layer of pure gold 0.218 um thick. The price of gold is $28.90 per gram; the density is 19.3 g/cm3. The patterns on the faces of the coin and the edge of the coin have a negligible effect on its area. The volume of...
You are relaxing at home, working on your coin collection. You have learned that collectible coins are sometimes plated with gold to enhance their beauty and value. On an online site that sells collectible coins, you see a commemorative quarter-dollar advertised for sale at $4.98. The information on the site says that the coin has a diameter of 24.6 mm and a thickness of 2.07 mm, and it is completely covered with a layer of pure gold 0.160 µm thick....
You are relaxing at home, working on your coin collection. You have learned that collectible coins are sometimes plated with gold to enhance their beauty and value. On an online site that sells collectible coins, you see a commemorative quarter-dollar advertised for sale at $4.98. The information on the site says that the coin has a diameter of 24.6 mm and a thickness of 2.08 mm, and it is completely covered with a layer of pure gold 0.165 µm thick....