Avogadro’s number is so large that the only way to visualize it is through analogies. For example, one Avogadro’s number of regular-sized mandrian orange 6.02 x 1023 of them, would cover the surface of the United States to a depth of 650 miles. If the average volume of mandrian oranges is 1.4 x 10-14 km3 and the entire volume of the US, including bodies of water, is 6.9 x 109 km3.  Can this claim be true?  How would you check?  Come up with an analogy of your own.

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Avogadro’s number is so large that the only way to visualize it is through analogies. For example, one Avogadro’s number of regular-sized mandrian orange 6.02 x 1023 of them, would cover the surface of the United States to a depth of 650 miles. If the average volume of mandrian oranges is 1.4 x 10-14 km3 and the entire volume of the US, including bodies of water, is 6.9 x 109 km3.  Can this claim be true?  How would you check?  Come up with an analogy of your own.

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