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Sheets Gilding

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question??? really need to know, plz answer...?

I think i pretty much have it figured out but i just wanted to see if it is right. so plz answer if u can. plz n thnk!!

Gold Leaf is an extremely thin sheet of gold used in ornamental gilding. A single ounce of gold can be beaten into a sheet measuring 25m2. Gold leaf is sold in booklets of 25 leaves, each 8.25cm2. About how many of these booklets could be made from a single ounce of gold?

. A single ounce of gold = 25m2 1m=100cm 1m2= 10,000cm2 . A single ounce of gold = 25m2 =250,000cm2 one booklet = 25 leaves,=25 (8..25cm2)=206.25cm2 A single ounce of gold =250,000cm2/206.25cm2 =1212.1212 booklet or 1212 booklet

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