What is the percent by weight (w/w%) of sugar in soda? Assume the average mass of sugar in soda is 23.0 g and the total mass is 370.0 g.

Question

What is the percent by weight (w/w%) of sugar in soda? Assume the average mass of sugar in soda is 23.0 g and the total mass is 370.0 g.

Answer 1

Hello Moh D. Happy to help.

Here we are looking for the amount of solute (sugar) in the the solution of soda. The w/w means weight/weigh%.

We use the equation:

mass percent solute = mass of solute / mass of solution *100

So we take the weight of the sugar (solute) divided by the total weight of the soda (solution) and multiply by 100 for%

so you get the following equation:

23g of sugar/ 370g total mass of the soda *100

I hope this helps. Please reach out to me if you have any additional questions.