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A geochemist has determined by measurements that there are moles of tin in a sample of cassiterite. How many moles of oxygen are in the sample

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The question is incomplete, the complete question is:

This is the chemical formula for cassiterite (tin ore): SnO2 A geochemist has determined by measurements that there are 13. moles of tin in a sample of cassiterite. How many moles of oxygen are in the sample? Round your answer to 2 significant digits.

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Step-by-step explanation:

In SnO2, there are two moles of oxygen for each mole of tin.

Hence, if there are 13 moles of tin, then we should have 13 * 2 moles of oxygen. This gives us 26 moles of oxygen.

Hence there are 26 moles of oxygen.

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