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A 76.00-pound flask of mercury costs $128.00. The density of mercury is 13.534 g/cm3. Find the price of one inch of mercury by calculating the following intermediate values.

a) What is the price of one pound of mercury? 1.68

b) What is the price of one gram of mercury? 0.00371

c) What is the price of one cubic centimeter of mercury?0.0502

d) What is the price of one cubic inch of mercury? 0.823

It takes 3.250 cubic inches of mercury to make one manometer. Find the pricec of the mercury used to make 13 manometers by first calculating the cost of mercury for one manometer.
a) What is the price of mercury used to make one manometer?
b) What is the price of mercury used to make 11 manometers?