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An aspirin tablet contains 325 mg acetylsalicylic acid. How many acetylsalicylic acid molecules does it contain?

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The formula of acetylsalicylic acid is C9H8O4. And the gram formula mass of the molecule is 180 g/mol. So there is 325/180 = 1.8 mol. There is 6.02*10^23 molecules per mol. So the answer is 1.08 * 10^24 molecules.