What is the relative concentration of the second sample?

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Sample #1 has an absorbance of 0.300. Sample #2 is the same substance and has an absorbance of 0.600 using the same equipment. What is the relative concentration of the second sample?

Select one:
a.

The concentration of sample #2 is the square root of that of #1.

b.

The concentration of sample #2 is that of sample #1 squared.

c.

The concentration of sample #2 is half that of sample #1.

d.

The concentration of sample #2 is twice that of sample #1.

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