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17 December, 10:57

A compound is found to consist of 2.89 g of calcium and 5.11 g of chlorine. what is the percent by mass of calcium in the compound

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  1. 17 December, 11:06
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    To get the percent mass of calcium, first let us compute for the total mass:

    total mass = 2.89 g + 5.11 g

    total mass = 8 g

    So the percent mass of calcium is:

    % calcium = (2.89 / 8) * 100% = 36.125%
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