Chapter 8, Problem 71E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Whether a quadrillion red blood cells or the number of nickel atoms in a $\text{5-g}$ nickel coin is greater is to be stated.

Concept introduction:

A mole of a substance is defined as the same number of particles of the substance as present in $12\text{g}$ of 12 $\text{C}$. The number of particles present in one mole of a substance is $6.023\times {10}^{23}$ particles. The number of moles of a substance is given by the formula as shown below.

$n=\frac{m}{M}$