Chapter 21, Problem 21.79QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The percent composition of the given mixture has to be calculated.

Concept introduction:

Percent composition: Percent composition is nothing but the percent by mass of each element in a compound.

Use the following formula to calculate percent composition of a given mixture.

$\text{\%composition =}\frac{\text{grams}\text{of}\text{element}}{\text{grams}\text{of}\text{compound}}\text{×100}$