Question

A scientist was in the field when he saw a mineral sample. He wanted to determine the relative hardness of the mineral, so he conducted scratch tests. He summarized his results in a table. A 2 column table with 4 rows. The first column is labeled Mineral with known hardness with entries: Chalcopyrite, pyrite, Orthoclase, Quartz. Second column is labeled Was a scratch produced? with entries: Yes, Yes, Yes, No. What conclusion can you make about the hardness of the mineral

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

Answer:

I can conclude that the mineral that the scientist found is harder than chalcopyrite, pyrite, and orthoclase, but not harder than quartz. I can also conclude that the unknown mineral is a relatively hard mineral.

Explanation:

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