Answer: 75 grams sample of chemical X should contain 21.43 grams of carbon
Explanation: The law of definite proportion states that a given chemical compound always contains its component elements in fixed ratio.
From the question, chemical X contains 5.0 grams of oxygen, 10.0 grams of carbon, and 20.0 grams of nitrogen.
Sum up the masses
5.0g + 10.0g + 20.0g = 35.0g
This means, 10.0 grams of carbon are present in 35.0 grams of chemical X.
Now, to the determine the mass of carbon that 75 gram sample of chemical X should contain,
According to the law of definite proportion, the component elements of a given chemical compound are in fixed ratio. Therefore,
If 35.0g of chemical X contains 10.0g of carbon
Then, 75 g of chemical X will contain
(75 × 10) / 35 g
= 21.43 grams
Hence, 75 grams sample of chemical X should contain 21.43 grams of carbon.
