SOLUTION: The ratio of carbon atoms to oxygen atoms in a carbon dioxide molecule is 1:2. How many carbon atoms and oxygen atoms ate there in 36 molecules of carbon dioxide?

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Question 1001209: The ratio of carbon atoms to oxygen atoms in a carbon dioxide molecule is 1:2. How many carbon atoms and oxygen atoms ate there in 36 molecules of carbon dioxide?
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
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If there are 36 carbon dioxide molecules, there must be 36 carbon atoms.
Since the ratio is 1:2, that means there are 2*36=72 oxygen atoms.