Sigma Aldrich sells pure trimyristin for $70 a gram. You can buy 2 ounces of nutmeg for $5 at Walmart. If you were to isolate trimyristin in lab and sell it on the black market for $50 a gram, how many ounces of pure nutmeg would you have to purchase for total revenue of $1000 (not including original cost of nutmeg)? What would your net profit be (after taking into account the cost of nutmeg)?

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My experimental % oil in nutmeg was 30.6%

My experimental % trimyristin in nutmeg oil was 91.8%.

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Sigma Aldrich sells pure trimyristin for $70 a gram. You can buy 2 ounces of nutmeg for $5 at Walmart. If you were to isolate trimyristin in lab and sell it on the black market for $50 a gram, how many ounces of pure nutmeg would you have to purchase for total revenue of $1000 (not including original cost of nutmeg)? What would your net profit be (after taking into account the cost of nutmeg)?

Possibly useful information:

My experimental % oil in nutmeg was 30.6%

My experimental % trimyristin in nutmeg oil was 91.8%.

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