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How well did tossing the pennies simulate half lives?

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Its a 50% chance that approx 1/2 of the pennies will land on tails. The next toss will result the same. and so on and so on. showing how a reaction would slowly eliminate 1/2 of the remaining lives per reaction, until nothing is left. I think it is a good stimulation.

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A mixture of c2h2 and ch4 has a total mass of 230.9 g. when this mixture reacts completely with excess oxygen, the co2 and h2o p

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Interesting problem. Thanks for posting.

C2H2 + (3/2)02 ====> H2O + 2CO2
CH4 + 2O2 =====> 2H2O + CO2

The molar mass of C2H2 = 2*12 + 2*1 = 26
The molar mass of CH4 = 1*12 + 4*1 = 16

The number of moles of C2H2 = x
The number of moles of CH4 = y
26x + 16y = 230.9 grams

For water we get (from the C2H2). Water has a molar mass of 2*1 + 16 = 18

x*18 See the balanced equation to see what it is the same number of moles as C2H2
From the methane we get
y*18
2*y* 18. Again see the balanced equation to see where that 2 came from.
18x + 36y is the total amount of water.

Now for the CO2. CO2 has a molar mass of 12 + 2*16 = 44
From C2H2 we get 2*44*x = 88x grams of CO2
From CH4 we get 1*y*44 grams of CO2
88x + 44y for CO2

Now we total to get the grand total of water and CO2
18x + 44y + 88x + 44y = 972.7 grams total.
106x + 88y = 972.7

Two equations, two unknowns, we should be able to solve this problem
26x + 16y = 230.9
106x + 88y = 972.7

I'm not going to go through the math unless you request me to do so.
x = 8.03 moles
y = 1.38 moles

The initial amount of C2H2 was 8.03 * 26 = 208.78
The initial amount of CH4 was 16*1.38 = 22.08
The total (as a check is 230.86 which is pretty close to the given amount.
So Methane's mass in the initial givens was 22.08 grams.

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1.65g of zinc is used to make 8g of zinc iodide. How much iodine is required for this reaction?

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6.45 g of iodine, I₂

Explanation:

We'll begin by writing the balanced equation for the reaction. This is illustrated below:

Zn + I₂ —> ZnI₂

Next, we shall determine the mass of Zn and I₂ that reacted from the balanced equation. This can be obtained as follow:

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SUMMARY:

From the balanced equation above,

65 g of Zn reacted with 254g of I₂.

Finally, we shall determine the mass of f I₂ needed to react with 1.65 g of Zn. This can be obtained as follow:

From the balanced equation above,

65 g of Zn reacted with 254g of I₂.

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