Question

A chemical reaction that is expected to form 325.0 gof product only forms 123.8 g of product. What is the percent yield of this reaction?
38.1%
61.9%
201.2%
262.5%

Answer 1

Answer:

38.1%

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

$\boxed {\boxed {\sf A. \ 38.1 \%}}$

Explanation:

Percent yield is the ratio of the amount actually produced to how much could theoretically be produced. It is found using this formula:

$\% \ yield = \frac{actual \ yield}{theoretical \ yield} *100$

For this reaction, the theoretical or expected yield is 325.0 grams. The actual yield is 123.8 grams.

$\% \ yield = \frac{ 123.8 \ g }{325.0 \ g }*100$

Divide.

$\% \ yield = 0.380923077 *100$

$\% \ yield = 38.0923077$

Round to the nearest hundredth. The 9 in the hundredth place tells us to round the 0 to a 1 .

$\% \ yield \approx 38.1$

The percent yield is about 38.1%