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If you have 3.75 x 10^15 atoms of gold, how much gold do you have in grams? (gold = Au)

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Answer:

1.23*10^-6 g Au

Step-by-step explanation:

take your atoms and divide by Avogadro's number to get number of moles

3.75 x 10^15 / 6.022 x 10^23 = 6.227 x 10^-9 moles

multiple the moles by molar mass of Au to get grams Au

6.227 x 10^-9 moles * 196.966 = 1.226*10^-6

round to 3 sig fig

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