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2. If you are given the mass of a reactant in grams and want to calculate the mass of

a product in grams, what are the three steps of the calculation you must perform?

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Answer:

1. Convert given mass of reactant to moles.

2. Convert moles of reactant to moles of product using the coefficients in the balanced equation.

3. Convert moles of product back to grams of product

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to find out the mass of a given product in grams you would have to convert the grams into moles by multiplying 1 mole over the given mass of the reactant. Then, you would convert the moles of the reactant into moles of the product using mole ratio. And lastly, you would multiply by the mass of the product to calculate the mass back to grams.

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