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OpenStudy (love_to_love_you):

How many grams of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are present in a 5 pound (2260g) bag of sugar? The formula for sucrose is C12H22O11.

OpenStudy (aaronq):

You need to multiply the mass percent composition, for each of the elements, by the total mass of your sample (2260 g). \(\sf mass~\%~composition~of ~C=\dfrac{\#~C~atoms ~in~formula*Molar~ mass~of~C}{Molar~mass ~of ~sucrose }\)

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