Answer: The mass of sodium chloride in 219 g solution is 32.9 g
Explanation:
To calculate the mass percent of element in a given compound, we use the formula:
[tex]\text{Mass percent of A}=\frac{\text{Mass of A}}{\text{mass of A +mass of B}}\times 100[/tex]
To find mass of sodium chloride in solution:
[tex]\text{Mass percent of sodium chloride}=\frac{\text{Mass of sodium chloride}}{\text{mass of solution}}\times 100[/tex]
Mass percent of sodium chloride= 15.0 %
Mass of solution = 219g
[tex]15=\frac{\text{Mass of sodium chloride}}{219}\times 100[/tex]
[tex]{\text{Mass of sodium chloride}=32.9g[/tex]
Thus mass of sodium chloride in 219 g solution is 32.9 g