The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms in water is 2:1. If an amount of water contains 341 trillion atoms of oxygen, how many hydrogen atoms are there?

There are twice as many hydrogen as oxygen 341 x 2 = number of hydrogen in trillions of atoms.

Answered by dlpeckham | 2024-06-10

A ratio is an ordered pair of numbers a and b written as a/b where b is not equal to zero.
If an amount of water contains 341 trillion atoms of oxygen , the number of hydrogen atoms is 684 trillion atoms.
What are ratios and proportions?
A ratio is an ordered pair of numbers a and b written as:
a / b where b does not equal 0.
A proportion is an equation in which two ratios are equal to each other.
We have,
The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen :
= 2:1
= 2/1
Let,
The number of hydrogen atoms = 2x
The number of oxygen atoms = 1x
Now,
If oxygen atoms = 342 trillion atoms
We have,
1x = 342
Multiplying both sides by 2 we get,
2 x (1x) = 2 x 342
2x = 684
This means if there are 342 trillion oxygen atoms in an amount of water the number of hydrogen atoms is 684 trillion.
Thus if an amount of water contains 341 trillion atoms of oxygen , the number of hydrogen atoms is 684 trillion atoms.
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Answered by swapnalimalwadeVT | 2024-06-16

In an amount of water with 341 trillion atoms of oxygen, there are 682 trillion hydrogen atoms. This calculation uses the 2:1 ratio of hydrogen to oxygen in water. Thus, the relationship holds that for every oxygen atom, there are two hydrogen atoms.
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Answered by swapnalimalwadeVT | 2024-09-26