20
g S
(1 mole S)
/
(32.07 g S)
= 0.624
moles S
Now, we'll convert moles S to atoms S
0.624 moles S
(6.022 x 1023 atoms)
/
(1 mole S)
= 3.758 x 10
23 atoms S
Next, we'll set atoms of S equal to atoms of C
3.758 x 10
23 atoms S = 3.758 x 10
23 atoms C
and convert atoms of C to moles of C
3.758 x 10
23 atoms C
(1 mole C)
/
(6.022 x 1023 atoms C)
= 0.624
moles C
and finally, moles of C to grams of C
0.624
moles C
(12.01 g C)
/
(1 mole C )
= 7.494
g C
7.5 grams C contain the same amount of atoms as 20 g S
if we want to consider sig figs, the answer would be 8 g C