You Have Been Asked to Estimate the Number of Books

question 10

Multiple Choice

You have been asked to estimate the number of books in school libraries in Izmir, Turkey. You know there exactly 85 schools and that on average each library has 12,500 (n100) books. What is the correct range of values?

• A) [1,054,000, 1,071,000]
• B) [1,020,000, 1,105,000]
• C) [1,062,075, 1,062,925]
• D) [1,058,250, 1,066,750]

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Definitions:

σ Bonds

The strongest type of covalent chemical bond formed from the head-on overlapping of atomic orbitals, which allows for the free rotation of the bonded atoms around the bond axis.

σ Molecular Orbital

A type of molecular orbital formed by the head-on overlapping of atomic orbitals, characterized by electron density along the axis connecting the nuclei of the atoms involved.

Nodes

Points along a standing wave where the wave has minimal amplitude. In quantum mechanics, it refers to points where the probability density of a particle is zero.

Carbon-Carbon

Describes bonds or interactions specifically between carbon atoms within molecules, crucial for organic chemistry.