Question

The distance between the centers of the two oxygen atoms in an oxygen molecule is 1.21 x 10-8 cm. What is this distance in inches?

Answer 1

Answer:

$d=4.75\times 10^{-9}\ \text{inches}$

Explanation:

Given that,

The distance between the centers of the two oxygen atoms in an oxygen molecule is $1.21\times 10^{-8}\ cm$.

We need to convert this distance in inches.

We know that,

1 cm = 0.393 inches

We can solve it as follows :

$1.21\times 10^{-8}\ cm=0.393\times 1.21\times 10^{-8}\\\\=4.75\times 10^{-9}\ \text{inches}$

So, the distance between the centers of the two oxygen atoms is $4.75\times 10^{-9}\ \text{inches}$.