There are about 1 760 000 000 000 000 000 000 molecules of sucrose in 1 g of table sugar. Expressed in scientific notation, what is the number of molecules in 1 g of sugar? A) 1.76 x 10-22 B) 1.76 x 10-20 C) 1.76 x 1021 D) 1.76 x 1022

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There are about 1 760 000 000 000 000 000 000 molecules of sucrose in 1 g of table sugar. Expressed in scientific notation, what is the number of molecules in 1 g of sugar? A) 1.76 x 10-22 B) 1.76 x 10-20 C) 1.76 x 1021 D) 1.76 x 1022

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The correct answer from the given choices is A. One gram of table sugar is equal to 1.76 x 10^21 molecules of sucrose. Scientific notation is a method that scientists use to easily handle numbers that are very large or very small.