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A sample of formic acid (CH2O2) contains 4.01 x 1025 molecules. How many moles of formic acid are in this sample?

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We can use Avogadro's number to convert the number of molecules to moles. Avogadro's number is 6.022 x 10^23 molecules per mole.

First, we need to determine how many moles of formic acid are represented by 4.01 x 10^25 molecules:

n = N / NA

where n is the number of moles, N is the number of molecules, and NA is Avogadro's number.

Substituting the given values, we get:

n = 4.01 x 10^25 / (6.022 x 10^23) = 66.6 moles

Therefore, the sample of formic acid contains 66.6 moles of formic acid.

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