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A molecular compounds dissolves in water to give up H+ ions and SO4^2- ions. If the compounds dissolved was HSO4^-, what mass of SO4^2- exists in the solution if 10 moles of it were dissolved?

a) 96.07 g
b) 130.22 g
c) 192.14 g

The answer I came up with is (a), but what about the 10 moles. (a) is the mass of the compound. Please show me what I'm not doing right or not seeing.

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Hi there,

Thing to realize here is that 1 mole of HSO4^- goes to 1 mole of H+ and 1 mole of SO4^2-

so:

10 moles of HSO4^- goes to 10 moles ...

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