Chemistry: Atoms First (2nd Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1305079248
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-924-3

Chapter Review - Additional Exercises - Page 27f: 77

Answer

$9 \times 10^{13}\text{ dollars}$

Work Step by Step

A mole is a unit of measurement used in chemistry to express amounts of a chemical substance. It is defined as Avogadro's number of entities (such as atoms, ions, or molecules) and it is equal to $6.022 \times 10^{23}$. A mole of U.S. dollar bills is not the same as a mole of a chemical substance and it is not a standard unit of measurement. If you had a mole of U.S. dollar bills and distributed the money equally to all of the people in the world, each person would receive $$\frac{6.022 \times 10^{23}}{7\times 10^9} \approx 9 \times 10^{13}\text{ dollars}.$$ It is important to note that this is a purely hypothetical scenario and the actual distribution of wealth in the world is much more complex and unequal.
Update this answer!

You can help us out by revising, improving and updating this answer.

Update this answer

After you claim an answer you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. An editor will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback.