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Question: A sodium chloride solution has a molarity of 1.250 mol/L and a density of 1.050 g/ml. Calculate molality, the mole fraction of water, and the percent by mass of sodium chloride.

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To answer this question one must be current with the definitions.
- Molality = moles of a substance/ kilograms of solvent

In this case we have a solution with the density of 1.050 g/mL, which can be ...

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