There is some evidence that planting fast-growing plants is a good way to reduce the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and therefore a potential strategy to mitigate future damage due to human-caused climate change. Carbon dioxide is removed from the air by plants, which “store” it as cellulose, a molecule with an molecular formula of C6H10O5. If a bamboo plant farm produces 201 kilograms of cellulose in a week, how many moles of carbon do the plants store per day?
Instructions:
Solve this problem on paper (or digital equivalent):
- Show all your work using dimensional analysis. Include units and conversion factors, and round only final numerical answers to the appropriate number of significant figures.
- Scientific notation should be shown using 10x, not “E” notation.
- All constants must be shown as their numerical values with units.
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