A $7.11*g$ mass of salt is $22.34%$ sodium. What is the mass of sodium in this quantity?

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Answer 1 · 2017-02-12T20:59:07

$"Mass of sodium"$ $=$ $22.34%xx7.11*g$

We have been given the percentage of sodium metal by mass.........

$22.34%xx7.11*g=1.59*g$ .

And of course $100*g$ of salt contains $22.34*g$ sodium.......

A 7.11*g7.11*g mass of salt is 22.34%22.34% sodium. What is the mass of sodium in this quantity?