The Bean Lab- An Investigation of Moles

1) There are 26 beans in a "pot" of beans. This is correct because when averaging the beans in a pot for all 5 bean types, the answer is 26.

2) The relative mass was used to determine the number of beans in a pot because, the relative mass is a ratio. It's determined by dividing the mass of the 50 beans by the smallest mass of the 50 bean types, which in this case, were the lentils. So, that being said it's used to determine the amount of beans in a pot.

3) A "pot" is a model of a mole because its an amount, or number of any given substance. Just as dozen is used to describe the number 12, or gross is used as 144 and so forth.

4) The relative mass is used for the mole because its simpler to find the mole based off the other massed of the beans.