How many nitrogen atoms are present in a sample of 1,983 hydrogen atoms, if ammonia is a compound consisting of a 1:3 ratio of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms?

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Stefan V. · Media Owl
Dec 17, 2014

The answer is #661# atoms of #N#.

Since ammonia (#NH_3#) has a #1:3# ratio of Nitrogen to Hydron atoms, and since the number of #H# atoms is 1983, the number of #N# atoms is

#1983# #H# #at oms# # * (1 at om N)/(3 at oms H) = 661# atoms #N#.

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