Chapter 13, Problem 47E

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: The mass of salt that can be obtained from $254g$ of seawater is to be determined.

Concept Introduction: Mass percent is defined as the number of grams of solute present in $100\text{ g}$ of solution.

Mathematically, the mass percent of a substance is written as:

$\text{Mass percent}=\frac{\text{mass solute}}{\text{mass solute}+\text{mass solvent}}\times 100\%$.