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To calculate the percent yield of a reaction, you have to calculate limitant and excess first of the reaction:

6CO2 + 6H2O + light -> C6H12O6 + 6O2

We have 18.6 moles of CO2 and 238g of H2O

Finding the number of moles of water will help us find the limitant of the reaction

nH2O = mH2O/Molar mass of H2O

nH2O = 238g/18.01g/mol

nH2O = 13.2 moles

So if we have 6 moles of water we will end up with 1 mole of C6H12O6, when we have 13.2 moles, we will have 2.2 moles of C6H12O6

6moles = 1 mol

13.2 moles = x

x = 2.2 moles

The molar mass of C6H12O6 is 180.156 for each mole, since we have 2.2 moles, the final mass will be 396.34 grams

To find the percent yield we have to calculate the actual yield divided by the theoretical yield and then multiply by 100

% yield =( 30g/396.34g) * 100

% yield = 7.6%

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