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Answer
How many atoms of lead are found in a 2 mg sample ?
Reason it through carefully:
The atomic mass of lead is 210
therefore 210g lead contains NA atoms of lead
1 g lead contains NA/210 atoms
2 mg lead contains (NA/210) x 2 x 10-3 atoms
= 5.7 x 1018 atoms
