A) Suppose you separate a 3.02 g mixture of sand and salt. You recover 1.43 g of salt and 1.41 g of sand. What is the percent re
covery of the mixture? B) Suppose you separate a 3.02 g mixture of sand and salt. You recover 1.43 g of salt and 1.41 g of sand. What is the percent recovery of the mixture?
C) Calculate the percent by mass of a solution made from 15 g NaCl (the solute) and 69 g water.
D) What percent of 73.0 g is 26.1 g?
A-B) In this case, since the total mass of the mixture is 3.02 g and 1.43g+1.41g=2.84 g are recovered in total, we can compute the percent recovery as shown below:
C) Here, since the solution is made up of NaCl and water, we can say that the mass of the solution is 15g+69g=84g; thus, the percent by mass would be:
D) In this case, we simply divide 26.1 g by 73.0 g in order to obtain the percent: