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A Piece of brass (alloy of zinc and copper) weighs 12.9 g in air. When completely immersed in water it weighs 11.3 g . What is the mass of copper contained in the alloy ? Specific gravity of zinc and copper are 7.1 and 8.9 respectively.

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