A compound with a molecular weight of 229.61 g/mol was dissolved in 50.0 mL of water. 1.00 mL of this solution was placed in a 10.0 mL flask and diluted to the mark. The absorbance of this diluted solution at 510 nm was 0.472 in a 1.000 cm cuvet. The molar absorptivity of the compound, at 510 nm, is 6,310 M-1 cm-1. Calculate the concentration of the compound in the initial 50.0 mL solution.

explanation:

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.