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Got Calcium?

Answers:

1. The mass of the Sun is 2.0 x 1030 kg. With the mass of Cas A as 20 times the mass of the Sun, and 0.05% of that mass being calcium, the amount of calcium in Cas A is

(20 x 2.0 x 1030 kg) x 0.0005
= 2.3 x 1028 kg of Ca in remnant

2. The total number of glasses of milk is then




 

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