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A chemistry instructor makes the following claim: “Consider that if the nucleus were the size of a grape, the electrons would be about 1 mile away on average.” Is this claim reasonably accurate? Provide mathematical support.

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Description: a chemistry instructor makes the following claim consider that if the nucleus were the size of a grape the electrons would be about 1 mile away on average is this claim reasonably accurate provide m 2

          A chemistry instructor makes the following claim: “Consider that if the nucleus were the size of a grape, the electrons would be about 1 mile away on average.” Is this claim reasonably accurate? Provide mathematical support.

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Chemistry An Atoms First Approach

Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl 2nd Edition

Chapter 1

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07/16/2021

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The instructor is comparing the size of the nucleus to a grape and the average distance of the electrons to about 1 mile. We need to determine if this analogy is accurate by comparing the actual sizes and distances in an atom. Show more…

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A chemistry instructor makes the following claim: “Consider that if the nucleus were the size of a grape, the electrons would be about 1 mile away on average.” Is this claim reasonably accurate? Provide mathematical support.