Question

one goldSmith makes ornaments of 22 carat gold and sell it at the price of 22 carat.
(i) why can't we use 24 carat gold for making ornaments.
(ii) which metals are mixed with gold in making of an ornaments.
(iii) what value for the gold smith is observed here.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Complete answer is provided in the explanation.

Explanation:

i) We cannot use 24 karat gold for making ornaments as it is 100% pure and is very soft. So, it is unable to hold its shape and other ornaments that will be attached with it. So, usually gold with mixed with other metals to form a alloy.

ii) Metals like Silver, Copper, Platinum are mixed with gold in making of the ornaments.

iii) In the question you have mentioned that the goldsmith makes ornaments of 22 karat gold and sells them at the price of 22 karat only.

So, we can conclude that he is an honest businessman.

Answer 2

Answer:

(i)because The gold of 24 carat is very soft if we made ornament from 24 carat so ornament get bend so we can't use 24 carat gold for making ornament

(ii) brass,copper,silver etc are mixed with gold in making of an ornament