If you have a mixture of salt and sand that has a total mass of 1.763g and after

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If you have a mixture of salt and sand that has a total mass of 1.763g and after a series of separation steps you find that you recover 1.299g of salt and 0.897g of sand. What is your percent recovery? If you have a mixture of salt and sand that has a total mass of 1.763g and after a series of separation steps you find that you recover 1.299g of salt and 0.897g of sand. What is your percent recovery? If you have a mixture of salt and sand that has a total mass of 1.763g and after a series of separation steps you find that you recover 1.299g of salt and 0.897g of sand. What is your percent recovery?

Explanation / Answer

Mass of salt recovered = 1.299 g

Mass of sand recovered = 0.897 g

Total mass recovered = 1.299+0.897 = 2.196 g

Initial total mass = 1.763 g

% recovery = (mass recovered /initial total mass)*100

= (2.196/1.763)*100 = 124.56 %

% recovery = 124.56 %

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