Hemoglobin contains of iron by mass. The number of Fe atoms in of hemoglobin is: (Atomic mass of Fe , )

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Hemoglobin contains  of iron by mass. The number of Fe atoms in  of hemoglobin is: (Atomic mass of Fe , )

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Strategy:
 calculate the mass of Iron in the given hemoglobin sample, then convert that mass to moles and finally to the absolute number of atoms using Avogadro's constant.

Step 1: Calculate mass of Iron

Step 2: Calculate number of atoms

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