I am having some difficulty with interpreting some questions and would like to get some direction on that, please. Some of the questions have figures given in litters, tons, kg; and some have density given. To be honest, I am totally confused now as I cant seem to find the pathway to solving them. Help as to how I should approach it would be very helpful to me, please. For instance, I know the different units in a question must be converted to one specific unit but can't seem to figure out the convention units. Are the density figures given in the question have any significance? How do I apply them, please? some examples of the question are: - Certain race cars use methanol (CH3OH; also called wood alcohol) as a fuel. Methanol has a molecular mass of 32.0 g/mol and a density of 0.79 g/mL. The combustion of methanol occurs according to the following equation: 2CH3OH + 3O2 → 2CO2 + 4H2O In a particular reaction 2.00 L of methanol are reacted with 80.0 kg of oxygen. What is the limiting reactant? - The fertilizer ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2SO4] is prepared by the reaction between ammonia (NH3) and sulfuric acid:2 NH3(g) + H2SO4(aq) → (NH4)2SO4(aq)How many kilograms of NH3 are needed to produce 1.00 × 105 kg of (NH4)2SO4?- The annual production of sulfur dioxide from burning coal and fossil fuels, auto exhaust, and other sources is about 26 million tons. The equation for the reaction isS(s) + O2(g) → SO2(g)How much sulfur (in tons), present in the original materials, would result in that quantity of SO2?Just a direction on how to approach these especially dealing with the different units would be very helpful pleas. Thanks.

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I am having some difficulty with interpreting some questions and would like to get some direction on that, please.


Some of the questions have figures given in litters, tons, kg; and some have density given. To be honest, I am totally confused now as I cant seem to find the pathway to solving them. Help as to how I should approach it would be very helpful to me, please.


For instance, I know the different units in a question must be converted to one specific unit but can't seem to figure out the convention units.
Are the density figures given in the question have any significance? How do I apply them, please?


some examples of the question are:


- Certain race cars use methanol (CH3OH; also called wood alcohol) as a fuel. Methanol has a molecular mass of 32.0 g/mol and a density of 0.79 g/mL. The combustion of methanol occurs according to the following equation: 2CH3OH + 3O2 → 2CO2 + 4H2O In a particular reaction 2.00 L of methanol are reacted with 80.0 kg of oxygen. What is the limiting reactant?


- The fertilizer ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2SO4] is prepared by the reaction between ammonia (NH3) and sulfuric acid:
2 NH3(g) + H2SO4(aq) → (NH4)2SO4(aq)
How many kilograms of NH3 are needed to produce 1.00 × 105 kg of (NH4)2SO4?
- The annual production of sulfur dioxide from burning coal and fossil fuels, auto exhaust, and other sources is about 26 million tons. The equation for the reaction is
S(s) + O2(g) → SO2(g)
How much sulfur (in tons), present in the original materials, would result in that quantity of SO2?
Just a direction on how to approach these especially dealing with the different units would be very helpful pleas. Thanks.

 

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