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Calculate the percent composition of all of the potassium (K) in K2SO3

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1) 49.4%

Calculating the percent composition you need to first find the molar (or atomic) mass of each element individually

K = 39.09 g

O = 16 g

S = 32.06 g

K2SO3 = 158.26 g

Now, in this compound we have 2 potassiums, so we have a total of 78.18 g of potassium in this potassium sulfite, doing the math:

158.26 G = 100% (total compound mass)

78.18 = x

x = 49.4% of potassium.

2) 1.11 g

Now we have only 2.25 g of the compound, not 158.26 g, but we already know that regardless of the total mass of the potassium sulfite (K2SO3), the potassium will be responsible for 49.4% of it. Let's do the math now:

100% = 2.25g

49.4% = x grams

x = 1.11 grams of potassium.

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