Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 1 - Introduction: Matter and Measurement - Additional Exercises - Page 38: 1.69b

Answer

The tower would weigh 418kg

Work Step by Step

In part a the tower is found to contain 73,742 quarters. By multiplying the number of quarters by the mass of each, we can find the mass of the entire tower. $73742 quarters\times\frac{5.67g}{1 quarter}=418117g$ With sig figs, 418kg.
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