Pure gold crystallizes in a face-centered cubic unit cell with an edge length of 4.08 Å. The alloy called 18-karat gold consists of 75% Au, 8.0% Ag, and 17% Cu by mass. What are the subscripts in the empirical formula of 18-karat gold (Au(x)Ag(y)Cu(z)) to two significant digits?

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Pure gold crystallizes in a face-centered cubic unit cell with an edge length of 4.08 Å. The alloy called 18-karat gold consists of 75% Au, 8.0% Ag, and 17% Cu by mass. What are the subscripts in the empirical formula of 18-karat gold (Au(x)Ag(y)Cu(z)) to two significant digits? 

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