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A quarter is composed of 4.50 moles of nickel. How many atoms of nickel do this equal?

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Hint :We know that Avogadro’s number is the number of molecules present in one mole which is equal to entities. It is denoted by the symbol NA . This value is directly used to find the number of atoms in certain different types of molecules which have different representational units.

Complete Step By Step Answer:
Everything present in this universe is made up of atoms. The mass of an atom cannot be measured truly due to its very small size. So a relative term is used for it called relative atomic mass. It is based on the mass of 1 carbon 12 atom.
Mole is the amount of substance that contains the atoms, molecules or other particles in an entity equal to the atoms present in 12 g of C12 isotope. It defines the basis of physical chemistry and so its number is called Avogadro's number which is equal to 6.022×1023  entities. It is denoted by the symbol NA.
 4.50 moles of Ni has a mass of 4.50 mol ×58.69gmol1 , which is approx. 270 g . If we are talking about American currency, I am pretty sure that nickels (and dimes and quarters) are not so massive.
It is a fact that if there are mol of stuff, there are 6.022×1023  items of that stuff. So you do the arithmetic.
Therefore, One mole of nickel has a mass of 58.69 g..

Note :
Mole is not only related to mass but also to volume as any matter that has a certain mass will occupy a certain volume. One mole is the amount of molecules present in 22.4 litres of a gas calculated at standard temperature and pressure.