Answer:
0.25 mole of CO₂
Explanation:
We'll begin by calculating the mass of oxygen in 1 mole of carbon dioxide (CO₂). This is illustrated below:
Molecular formula of carbon dioxide
=> CO₂
Mass of oxygen in CO₂ = 2O
= 2 × 16
= 32 g
Thus, 1 mole of CO₂ contains 32 g of oxygen.
Finally, we shall determine the number of mole of CO₂ that contains 8 g of oxygen. This can be obtained as follow:
1 mole of CO₂ contains 32 g of oxygen.
Therefore, Xmol of CO₂ will contains 8 g of oxygen i.e
Xmol of CO₂ = 8/32
Xmol of CO₂ = 0.25 mole
Thus, 0.25 mole of CO₂ contains 8 g of oxygen.
