NEET Zoology Tissues MCQ Question
If the ground substance of a bone is composed of 70% calcium salts and a bone contains a total of 500g of ground substance, how much of it is calcium salts?
350g
150g
250g
100g
Correct Answer
Detailed Explanation
According to the given information, the ground substance of a bone is rich in calcium salts. If the ground substance is 500g and 70% of it is calcium salts, then 0.70 * 500 = 350g of the substance is calcium salts.
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