Question

A. A container holds 0.500 qt of liquid. How many milliliters of lemonade will it hold?

b. A plant fertilizer contains 15% nitrogen (N) by mass. In a container of soluble plant food, there are 10.0 oz of fertilizer. How many grams of nitrogen are in the container?
Please show steps for your conversion.

Answer 1

A container can hold 473.176 ml

42.52 grams is nitrogen.

Explanation:

Part A:

We have given that a container holds 0.500 qt . Now we have to find how many milliliters of lemonade it can hold.

We know that 1 qt = 946.353 ml

To find how many milliliters of lemonade a container hold, we have to convert 0.500qt into ml.

As we have mentioned above that 1 qt = 946.353 ml

Multiply the volume value by 946.353 .

0.500 * 946.353

= 473.176 ml

It means a container can hold 473.176 ml

Part B:

Convert the unit oz to grams. The ratio is 1 ounce is to 28.34 grams.

We have 10.0 oz.

10* 28.34 = 283.495

This would mean 10 oz is equivalent to 283.50 grams. It is given that the fertilizer is 15% by mass nitrogen. It means for every 100 g of fertilizer 15 grams of that is nitrogen. Hence for every 283.50 grams of fertilizer

283.50 * (15/100) = 42.52 grams is nitrogen.