Question

1.If you are working as a forensic scientist and are given an unknown powder from a crime scene, what would you hope to find out about the powder?
2.You find that the unknown powder contains the illegal drug cocaine. If someone where to ask you to determine the purity of the substance, what would they mean? Why is purity important in crime investigations?

Answer 1

Not exactly sure, but maybe because the powder might have something important like dna.<span />