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5. How many liters of solution can be produced from 3.5 moles of solute if a 4.0 M solution is needed?

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0.875 L of solution

Procedure

Molarity (M) is defined as:

M= Moles/L solution

Solving for L we have


L\text{ }of\text{ }solution=\frac{moles\text{ }of\text{ }solute}{M}=\frac{3.5\text{ mol}}{4.0\text{ M}}=0.875\text{ L}

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