Question Suppose a student is given 5.375g of powdered mixture to separate. Because the mixture contains iron shavings, he decides to separate them using a magnet. He obtains 1.824 g of iron. What is the mass percent in the mixture? I know the correct answer is 33.93% but how did they get this answer?
Question
Suppose a student is given 5.375g of powdered mixture to separate. Because the mixture contains iron shavings, he
decides to separate them using a magnet. He obtains 1.824 g of iron. What is the mass percent in the mixture?
I know the correct answer is 33.93% but how did they get this answer?