An iron mine produces 1.67 x 104 tons of raw ore per day. if the ore is 26.39% elemental iron, the mine produces pounds of elemental iron per year. (assume the mine operates 365 days per year.)

From the 1.67x10^4 tons of raw ore only 26.39% of elemental iron is produced which amounts to, 4407.13 tons of elemental iron per day. If we multiply that to the amount of working days per year we have 1608602.45 tons per year. If we convert it into pounds by multiplying it by 2000 pounds/ton we have a total of 3217204900 pounds of elemental iron per year.

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