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Sunny_sXe [5.5K]
3 years ago
11

a mole of carbon dioxide (co2) has 12.0 grams of carbon (c) and 32.0 grams of oxygen (o). what is the percent composition of car

bon in carbon dioxide?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Pachacha [2.7K]3 years ago
7 0
The moles of the elements need to calculated first
C  = 12 / 12 = 1
02 = 32 / 16 = 2
then...
%composition of carbon = 100 x (1/2)
% composition of carbon = 50%
hope that helps<span />
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