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Help Please~ An open pit mine is being dug in the Buffalo Ridge mountain range. It will be 550 feet across and 290 feet deep. Based on sampling of the area, experts project that the company will be able to retrieve an average of about 0.115 ounces of gold per ton of ore and waste mined. The mine company estimates the total cost of production will be $80 million. (Assume the shape of the pit is a perfect cone.) What would be the volume of ore and waste material removed during its mining operation?

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