Final answer:
To prepare a 5% NaCl solution with a total mass of 3000 g, you would need to weigh out 150 g of NaCl and add it to 2850 g of water.
Step-by-step explanation:
To determine how many grams of NaCl (sodium chloride) are needed to prepare a solution, we need to use a conversion factor based on the desired mass percent of the solution. If we have a 5.00% NaCl solution, this means that there are 5.00 g of NaCl for every 100 g of solution.
Given a total solution mass of 3000 g, we can calculate the mass of NaCl needed by multiplying the mass of solution with the conversion factor:
5.00 g NaCl / 100 g solution = X g NaCl / 3000 g solution
By cross-multiplication, we find that X, the mass of NaCl needed, is 150 g. Therefore, you would need to weigh out 150 g of NaCl and then add it to enough water to make a final solution with a mass of 3000 g. This involves subtracting the mass of NaCl from the total solution mass to find the mass of water needed, which is 2850 g.