A mole of pennies stackd on top of one another would reach from here to the sun and back how many times?
Need more information:
1. average thickness of penny
2. distance from earth to sun
3. you need to understand avogadros number. (6.0221415 × 10^23) Then it becomes a simple math problem.
but then what after you get that info?
2.918 billion pennies
Thickness of a penny= 1 mm
The height of one mole of pennies in km= 6.022x10^17 km
Distance from earth to sun=150 million kilometres
6.022x10^17/1.5x10^8= 4,014,666,667
To calculate the number of times a stack of pennies would reach from Earth to the sun and back, we can follow these steps:
1. Determine the distance from Earth to the sun: The average distance between Earth and the sun is approximately 93 million miles, or 150 million kilometers.
2. Find the thickness of a penny: According to the United States Mint, a typical penny has a thickness of 1.55 millimeters or 0.00155 meters.
3. Calculate the height of a mole of pennies: A mole is defined as 6.022 x 10^23 particles. Multiply the thickness of a single penny (0.00155 meters) by the number of pennies in a mole (6.022 x 10^23) to obtain the height of a mole of pennies stacked on top of one another.
Height of a mole of pennies = 0.00155 meters x 6.022 x 10^23
4. Calculate the distance covered by a mole of pennies: Multiply the height of a mole of pennies by 2 to account for the "up and back" journey from Earth to the sun and back.
Distance covered = (Height of a mole of pennies) x 2
5. Divide the distance from Earth to the sun by the distance covered by a mole of pennies to determine the number of times the stack of pennies would reach from Earth to the sun and back.
Number of times = (Distance from Earth to the sun) / (Distance covered)
By performing these calculations, you will be able to determine how many times a mole of pennies would reach from Earth to the sun and back.