A salt shaker contains 73.7 g of NaCl. How many moles of NaCl are present?

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STEP 1   State the given and needed quantities.

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STEP 2   Write a plan to convert grams to moles.

grams of NaCl    Molar mass       moles of NaCl

STEP 3   Determine the molar mass and write conversion factors.

\left(1\times 22.99\right) +\left(1\times 35.45\right) ={58.44 \space g}/{mole}

1 mole of NaCl = 58.44 g of NaCl

\frac{58.44 \space g \space NaCl}{1 \space mole \space NaCl}        and        \frac{1 \space mole \space NaCl}{58.44 \space g \space NaCl}

STEP 4   Set up the problem to convert grams to moles.

73.7 \space \cancel{g \space NaCl}\times \frac{1 \space mole \space NaCl}{58.44 \space \cancel{g \space NaCl}}=1.26 \space moles \space of \space NaCl

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ANALYZE THE PROBLEM Given Need Connect
73.7 g of NaCl moles of NaCl molar mass

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