A modern penny weighs 2.5 g, but is only  2.52 % copper by mass.  Calculate the number of copper atoms in a penny.  Show all of your work using dimensional analysis and report the final answer in the correct number of significant figures.

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Problem 113CP: On October 21, 1982, the Bureau of the Mint changed the composition of pennies (see Exercise 120)....
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A modern penny weighs 2.5 g, but is only  2.52 % copper by mass.  Calculate the number of copper atoms in a penny.  Show all of your work using dimensional analysis and report the final answer in the correct number of significant figures.

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