A Metal Fabrication Company Is Pricing Raw Supplies of Aluminium

question 8

Multiple Choice

A metal fabrication company is pricing raw supplies of aluminium.The following are the costs to the company to receive one tonne of aluminium from various sources.Which source offers the best price for aluminium per tonne?

• A)3,012 U.S.dollars per tonne
• B)3,206 Australian dollars per tonne,with $0.942 U.S.= 1 AUD
• C)4,998 Brazilian reals per tonne,with $0.6000 U.S.= 1 BRL
• D)121,756 Indian rupees per tonne,with $0.025 U.S.= 1 INR

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Definitions:

Achiral

Describing a molecule that is superimposable on its mirror image, indicating it has no handedness or enantiomers.

Enantiomers

Molecules that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed on each other, much like left and right hands.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other and have different physical and chemical properties.

Cahn-Ingold-Prelog

A set of rules used for the nomenclature of stereoisomers, aiding in the description of the spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules.