Question

3) Calculate the percent by mass of 3.55 g NaCl dissolved in 88 g water.

Answer 1

Answer:

The percent by mass of 3.55 g NaCl dissolved in 88 g water is 3.88%

Explanation:

When a solute dissolves in a solvent, the mass of the resulting solution is a sum of the mass of the solute and the solvent.

A percentage is a way of expressing a quantity as a fraction of 100. In this case, the percentage by mass of a solution is the number of grams of solute per 100 grams of solution and can be represented mathematically as:

$Percent by mass=\frac{mass of solute}{mass of solution} *100$

In this way it allows to precisely establish the concentration of solutions and express them in terms of percentages.

In this case:

• mass of solute: 3.55 g
• mass of solution: 3.55 g + 88 g= 91.55 g

Replacing:

$Percentbymass=\frac{3.55}{91.55}*100$

Percent by mass= 3.88%

The percent by mass of 3.55 g NaCl dissolved in 88 g water is 3.88%