A typical sugar cube has an edge length of 1 cm. If you had a cubical box that contained a mole of sugar cubes, what would its edge length be? (One mole = 6.02 × 10^23 units.)

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anonymous · Answer

the cube root of a mole

anonymous · Answer

the answer is 8 × 10^2 km but i need working...but yeh don't worry

anonymous · Answer

if you can't work it out...question kinda leaves something out...

anonymous · Answer

$$(6.02*10^{23}cm^3)^{\frac{1}{3}} \approx 84436877cm \approx 844 km$$

anonymous · Answer

I guess if you only have 1 significant figure for the edge length of one sugar cube, you'd use 1 significant figure in the final answer...so 8*10^2km

anonymous · Answer

ok that makes sense
DAMN! I hate it when the textbook does that...thanks
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