Answer:
Knowing the mass of chlorine in each mixture will enable you find the empirical formulas that will lead to molecular formulas for the compounds in the mixture.This information will help you determine which mixture has a higher proportion of the compound in question.
Explanation:
In determining the percent composition of a compound in a mixture,mass of a compound will be the first step to be determined.This will then allow you to find mole to mole ratio of all elements in that compound.Having mole ratio information, and mass, it will be possible to find ratio of ions in the compound,and determine the mixture with higher proportion of the compound.
Molecular weight and the empirical formula of the compound will led you to the molecular formula of the compound,that will show you the mole ratios which now you can use to determine proportions of the compound in a mixture.
Answer:
C. 0.4.
Explanation:
<em>∵ mole fraction of acetic acid (X acetic acid) = (no. of moles acetic acid)/(total no. of moles) = (no. of moles acetic acid)/(no. of moles of acetic acid + no. of moles of water).</em>
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- no. of moles of acetic acid = 2, no. of moles of water = 3.
- Total no. of moles = no. of moles of acetic acid + no. of moles of water = 2 + 3 = 5.
<em>∴ mole fraction of acetic acid (X acetic acid) = (no. of moles acetic acid)/(total no. of moles) =</em> (2)/(5)<em> = 0.4.</em>