A soft drink contains 11.5% sucrose (c12h22o11) by mass. how much sucrose, in grams, is contained in 355 ml (12 oz) of the soft drink? (assume a density of 1.04 g/ml.)

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Nathalie Combs

Chemistry

13 December, 14:54

A soft drink contains 11.5% sucrose (c12h22o11) by mass. how much sucrose, in grams, is contained in 355 ml (12 oz) of the soft drink? (assume a density of 1.04 g/ml.)

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Carlo Brewer · Answer 1

In chemistry concentration is equal to mass of the substance divided by volume. Therefore mass is equal to concentration multiplied by voiume

that is

355ml x104ml=369.2g

in a soft drink that contain 11.5% of sucrose by mass s therefore

369.2g x 11.5/100=42.46g