a combustion reaction forms carbon dioxide . a carbon dioxide molecule contains one carbon and two oxygen atoms . if , over a period of 10 minutes , a combustion reaction creates 10,000 molecules of carbon dioxide then approximately how many more atoms of oxygen than carbon are created on average per minute ?
solution : 10,000 carbon dioxide molecules are created over a period of 10 minutes . therefore 10,000 / 10 = 1,000 carbon dioxide molecules are created on average per minute each carbon dioxide molecule contains one carbon atom and two oxygen atoms . so 1,000 carbon dioxide molecules contain 1 × 1,000 = 1,000 carbon atoms and 2 × 1,000 = 2,000 oxygen atoms . the difference is 2,000 – 1,000 = 1,000 . the correct answer is a .
divide(divide(multiply(subtract(multiply(10, const_2), 10), const_1000), 10), const_1000)