Answer:
10.4664 grams of CO
Step-by-step explanation:
Remark
There's a couple of things you must look out for in this question.
1. The use of the term atoms. There are 2 atoms in each mol of CO
2. You need to divide by 2 to find the number of molecules which will lead to moles.
Step one
Divide the number of atoms by 2
4.50 e^23 / 2 atoms = 2.25 * 10^23 molecules.
Step Two
Find the number of moles of CO
1 mol of anything is 6.02 * 10^23 molecules in this case
x = 2.25 * 10^23 molecules
1/x = 6.02 * 10^23/2.25 * 10 ^23 Cross multiply
1 * 2.25 * 10^23 = 6.02*10^23 * x Divide by 6.02 * 10^23
2.25 * 10 ^ 23 / 6.02 * 10^23 = x
x = .3738 moles of CO
Step Three
Find the gram molecular mass of CO
C = 12
O = 16
1 mole = 12 + 16 = 28 grams.
Step Four
Find the number of gram in 0.3738 mols
1 mol = 28 grams
0.3738 mol = x Cross multiply
x = 28 * 0.3738
x = 10.4664 grams