Many transition metal complexes form colored solutions and the concentration of the colored species is directly proportional to the absorbance of the solution. Concentration can therefore be determined by measuring absorbance, if the molar absorptivity of the absorbing species is known. The reaction of SnCl2(aq) with RhCl3(aq) in aqueous HCl yields a red solution of a 1∶1 Rh–Sn compound. If a solution prepared by adding 150 mL of a 0.272 mM aqueous solution of SnCl2 to 50 mL of an aqueous solution of 8.5 mg RhCl3 has an absorbance of 0.85, as measured in a 1.00 cm cell, what is the molar absorptivity of the red compound?