Question

You are reporting the concentration of a solution formed by Dissolving a solid and a liquid Which is the best way to express the concentration of the solution

Answer 1

 The answer is percent by mass

Answer 2

The best way to express the concentration of a solution depends on the use of the information.

Some ways to express the concentration are: percent mass/mass, percen mass/volumen, percent volume/volume, ppm, molaritiy, molality, normality, mole fraction, among others.

If I am not going to perform a special chemical calculation (like pH or acid/base neutralization, or a colligative property) I'd probably rather to use percent mass/mass.

Percent mass/mass is an easy and intuitive way to understand how concentrated a solution is.

For example, it is easy for you to grasp that a 10% solution of NaCl has the double amount of salt than a 20% solution of NaCl.

But if you want to calculate a colligatiive property like the boiling point increase or freezing point depression of a solvent you need the molality of the solution.

And if you want to calculate the pH of a solution, you will need to know the molarity.

If you are working with very low concentrations, for example the amount of lead in a sample of a food ingredient, you'd rather work with ppm.

Each concentration measure has its own use.