A 143.1 g sample of a compound contains 53.4 g of carbon, 6.9 g of hydrogen, 43 g of nitrogen, and some amount of oxygen. What is the mass percent of oxygen in the compound?
1 Answer
Aug 24, 2016
27.8% oxygen
Explanation:
Let me start by writing a simple equation
x stands for amount of oxygen in grams
When you solve this equation,
Now in percent form
Mass percent of oxygen