Introductory Chemistry: A Foundation
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ive the formula for calcium phosphate and then answer the following questions:
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i>If you knew that there was 50.0 g of phosphorus in your sample, how many grams of calcium phosphate would you have? How many moles of calcium phosphate would this be? How many formula units of calcium phosphate?
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