Question

You need to dissolve CaCl2 in water to make a mixture that is 40.0% calcium chloride by mass. If the total mass of the mixture is 370.9g, what masses of CaCl2 and water should be used?

Answer 1

In order to calculate for the amount of CaCl2 and water used we need to multiply the total amount mixture to the percentage of each component. Since we are given a two component mixture CaCl2-water with 40% CaCl2 by mass, therefore we have 60% water.

Amount of CaCl2 = 0.40*(370.9) =148.36 g of CaCl2 
Amount of Water = 0.60*(370.9) = 222.54 g of Water