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that there is 46.63g of carbon in 75.00g of sugar. What is the percent mass of carbon?

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Answer: 62.173%

Step-by-step explanation:

equation for percentage mass of an element in a compound = (Mass of element in compound / mass of the whole compound ) × 100%

% mass = (46.63÷75.00) × 100

= 0.62173 × 100

= 62.173%

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