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As a laboratory assistant, you measure chemicals using the metric system. For your current research, you need to measure out 45 grams of sodium chloride. The bottle you are using lists the amount in ounces. About how many ounces of sodium chloride will you need?

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luisejr77

Answer: 1.587 ounces of sodium chloride

Step-by-step explanation:

We know that 1 ounce is equivalent to 28.35 gr.

So we use this as a conversion factor to find the equivalent amount of sodium chloride in ounces.

If we need 45 grams of sodium chloride then this equals to:

[tex]45\ g* \frac{1\ ounces}{28.35\ gr} = 1.587\ ounces[/tex]

Finally you need 1.587 ounces of sodium chloride

alinakincsem

Answer:

1.587 ounces

Step-by-step explanation:

We need to measure out 45 grams of sodium chloride using the bottle mentioning units of measure in units.

We are to find the number of ounces of sodium chloride that we will need.

We know that:

1 ounce = 28.35 grams

So using the ratio method to find the number of ounces of Sodium Chloride needed.

[tex]\frac{1 ounce}{x} =\frac{28.35 g}{45 g}[/tex]

[tex]= \frac{45}{28.35} = [/tex] 1.587 ounces

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