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3. If a typical Alka-Seltzer tablet contains 2.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate, how many moles of carbon dioxide should one tablet yield?
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3. If a typical Alka-Seltzer tablet contains 2.0 g of sodium hydrogen carbonate, how many moles of carbon dioxide should one tablet yield?

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Each mole of the sodium hydrogen carbonate will release one more of carbon dioxide.
Moles of NaHCO₃ = 2 / (23 + 1 + 12 + 16 x 3)
Moles of NaHCO₃ = 0.024

Moles of carbon dioxide released = 0.024
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