Chemistry 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078021510
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-151-0

Chapter 1 - Chemistry: The Study of Change - Questions & Problems - Page 33: 1.82

Answer

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Work Step by Step

We can find the worth of gold as $8.0\times 10^4tons \space Au\times \frac{2000lb\space Au}{1\space ton Au}\times \frac{16ozAu}{1lb\space Au}\times \frac{$948}{1ozAu}=2.4\times 10^{22}$, or 2.4 trillion dollars
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