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Maple has a sample of graphite, which is made up of carbon atoms. She has 1.810 x 1024 atoms of carbon. What is the mass of this sample?

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Answer:

about 36.10 g

  • the mass of the given maple which she has 1.810×1025 atoms of carbon is equal of about 36.10 G/grams.
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Answer:

about 36.10 g

Step-by-step explanation:

The proportion of interest is ...

mass/atoms = x/(1.810·10^24) = (12.0107 g)/(6.02214076·10^23)

Multiplying by 1.810·10^24, we find the mass of the sample to be ...

x = 36.0991 g

The mass of the sample is about 36.10 grams (to 4 s.f.).

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