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: 1.69d

Answer

$8.8265\times10^{8}$stacks of quarters

Work Step by Step

By dividing the national debt by the value of each stack, the number of stack required to pay it off will be calculated. The value of each stack was calculated in part c to be 18368 dollars. $16,213,166,914,811 dollars\times\frac{1stack}{18368dollars}=8.8265\times10^{8}$stacks of quarters
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