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In a slake durability test, the weight loss of a rock sample was \(7\%\). Then its durability index is

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For the slake durability test, \[ \boxed{ I_d(\%) = 100-\text{Weight loss (\%)}. } \]

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\(93\%\)
\(85\%\)
\(65\%\)
\(76\%\)

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