explain where you would find the actual yield and the theoretical yield needed to calculate the percent yield of a reaction

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Answer 1

The actual yield is given to you in a problem, or in real life, it is the mass of product that you actually measure/determine in the laboratory.

The theoretical yield is the calculated yield that you determine from the stoichiometry of the balanced equation for the reaction under consideration, and the moles and masses of reactants that were used to carry out that reaction. It represents 100% yield, i.e. the yield under ideal conditions.

The precent yield, then, is the actual yield divided by the theoretical yield times 100 percent.

% yield = actual yield / theoretical yield (x100)