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Based on experimental evidence, the bond length of a carbon–carbon single bond is 154 pm ( 1 pm=10−12 m1 \text{ pm} = 10^{-12} \text{ m} ) and the radius of a carbon nucleus is 2.7×10−15 m2.7 \times 10^{-15} \text{ m} . If modelling kits were made to scale, how long would the plastic stick representing a single bond need to be if the carbon nucleus was represented as a plastic ball with a 0.5 cm radius?

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