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What is meant by the mass/mass percent concentration of a solution?

Answer 1

Henry Antrim

#"Concentration"# with respect to mass is sometimes given by....

#"Mass %"# #=# #"Mass of solute"/"Mass of solution"xx100%#.

Take note of this:

#"Mass of solution "=" Mass of solute + mass of solvent"#

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Answer 2

Henry Antrim

The mass/mass percent concentration of a solution is the mass of the solute divided by the total mass of the solution, multiplied by 100 to express it as a percentage.

[ \text{Mass Percent} = \left( \frac{\text{Mass of Solute}}{\text{Total Mass of Solution}} \right) \times 100 ]

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.