Explanation:
According to the law of the conservation of mass, 'mass is conserved in a chemical reaction. The mass cannot be created nor be destroyed in a chemical process'.
This law holds true for the burning of wood also. Although the wood burns to produce ash which weighs less than wood but also, it produces some soot and other gases and the sum of the masses of all these is equal to the sum of the masses of wood and oxygen that reacted with it.
<u>Given information:</u>
Mass of NaCl (m) = 87.75 g
Volume of solution (V) = 500 ml = 0.5 L
Molar mass of NaCl (M) = 58.44 g/mol
<u>To determine:</u>
The molarity of NaCl solution
<u>Explanation:</u>
Molarity is defined as the number of moles of solute(n) dissolved per liter of solution (V)
i.e. M = moles of solute/liters of solution = n/V
Moles of solute (n) = mass of solute (m)/molar mass (M)
moles of NaCl = 87.75 g/58.55 g.mol-1 = 1.499 moles
Therefore,
Molarity of NaCl = 1.499 moles/0.5 L = 2.998 moles/lit ≅ 3 M
<u>Ans: (D)</u>
