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10. Legend has it that Archimedes, a famous scientist of Ancient Greece,was once commanded by the king to determine if a crown he received was pure gold or a gold-silver alloy. He was not allowed, however, to damage the crown (by slicing off a piece, for example). If you were assigned this same task, what would you need to know about both gold and silver, and how would you make a measurement that would tell you if the crown was pure gold?

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