Chemistry: Principles and Practice
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780534420123
Author: Daniel L. Reger, Scott R. Goode, David W. Ball, Edward Mercer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 1, Problem 1.106QE
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The U.S. debt in 2008 was $9.2 trillion. The height of a stack of 9.2 trillion $1 bills has to be estimated in kilometers. The thickness of $1 bill is
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The U.S. debt in 2008 was $9.2 trillion. The mass of a stack of 9.2 trillion $1 bills has to be estimated. The mass of $1 bill is
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