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Question #11ee0

Answer 1

`"14.2 g"`

Explanation:

You know that

`"Na"_ 2"CO"_ (3(aq)) + "CuCl"_ (2(aq)) -> "CuCO"_ (3(s)) darr + 2"NaCl"_ ((aq))`

The balanced chemical equation tells you that every `1` mole of sodium carbonate that takes part in the reaction consumes `1` mole of copper(II) chloride.

`"1 mole Na"_2"CO"_3 " " -> " " "1 mole CuCl"_2" "` (mole ratio)

In order to find a relationship between the number of grams of each reactant that takes part in the reactions, you must use the molar masses of the two compounds.

You have

`M_ ("M Na"_ 2"CO"_ 3) = "105.99 g mol"^(-1)`

`M_ ("CuCl"_ 2) = "134.45 g mol"^(-1)`

So, if `1` mole of sodium carbonate has a mass of `"105.99 g"` and `1` mole of copper(II) chloride has a mass of `"134.45 g"`, you can say that you have

`"105.99 g Na"_2"CO"_3 " " -> " " "134.45 g CuCl"_2" "` (gram ratio)

This means that in order for the reaction to completely consume `"18.0 g"` of copper(II) chloride, it must also consume

`18.0 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g CuCl"_2))) * ("105.99 g Na"_2"CO"_3)/(134.45 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g CuCl"_2)))) = color(darkgreen)(ul(color(black)("14.2 g Na"_2"CO"_3)))`

The answer is rounded to three sig figs, the number of sig figs you have for the mass of copper(II) chloride.