Chemistry: The Molecular Science (5th Edition)

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285199049
ISBN 13: 978-1-28519-904-7

Chapter 1 - The Nature of Chemistry - Questions for Review and Thought - General Questions - Page 41e: 78

Answer

255 mL

Work Step by Step

If the solution contains 125 g sulfuric acid, and this is 38.08% of the solution by mass, the total mass of solution is $\frac{125}{0.3808} = 328$ g. We are also given the density of the solution as 1.285 g/cm$^{3}$, or 1.285 g/mL. The volume of the solution is therefore $328 g \times \frac{1 mL}{1.285 g}=255$ mL. We report the answer to three significant figures, because that is the fewest that any figure in the problem had (we only multiplied/divided).
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