A piece of wood is sealed in a glass contained with enough oxygen gas to completely burn the wood. If the total mass in the container before burning is 1295g, what is the total mass after burning?

If someone could please explain to me how exactly this would be set up and everything. It would be most helpful

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A piece of wood is sealed in a glass contained with enough oxygen gas to completely burn the wood. If the total mass in the container before burning is 1295g, what is the total mass after burning?

If someone could please explain to me how exactly this would be set up and everything. It would be most helpful

anonymous · Answer

the thing is this...that the set up is a kind of imaginary one....

anonymous · Answer

it would still be 1295g because of conservation of matter.

unklerhaukus · Answer

mass is conserved