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Select the unitless quantities: a, absorbance c, solute concentration i/i0 (ratio of emergent to incident intensity) b, pathlength

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Absorbance is unitless by definition, this is the fraction of light absorbed.
Solute concentration will have mol/L units, so it is not unitless.
i/i0 (ratio of emergent to incident intensity) is similar to absorbance, and the units will cancel out, making this unitless.
Path length will have a unit in millimeters or centimeters, so it is not unitless.

Therefore the unitless quantitites are absorbance and intensity ratio.
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