A thin circular-disk earring 4.00 cm in diameter is plated with a coating of gold 0.25 mm thick from an Au3+ bath.(a) How many days does it take to deposit the gold on one side of one earring if the current is 0.013 A (d of gold = 19.3 g/cm3)?(b) How many days does it take to deposit the gold on both sides of the pair of earrings?(c) If the price of gold in 2010 is $1210 per troy ounce (31.10 g), what is the total cost of the gold plating?

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A thin circular-disk earring 4.00 cm in diameter is plated with a coating of gold 0.25 mm thick from an Au3+ bath.
(a) How many days does it take to deposit the gold on one side of one earring if the current is 0.013 A (d of gold = 19.3 g/cm3)?
(b) How many days does it take to deposit the gold on both sides of the pair of earrings?
(c) If the price of gold in 2010 is $1210 per troy ounce (31.10 g), what is the total cost of the gold plating?

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