what is the mole ratio of HCl : CO2

Answer 1

I believe the question is asking, for the same mass of HCl and CO2, comparatively, how many moles of each molecule do you have.

Steps

1. Pick a mass in grams that is simple (ex. 10, 100, 5). Regardless of which mass you pick, the answer should be the same, because you are comparing the ratio of moles.
2. Example: Basket A has 1 apple and 1 pear and it weighs 10g. Basket B has has 2 peaches and 1 strawberry and it weighs 20g. If you have 40g of each basket, what is the ratio of basket A to basket B. Convert the mass to the number of baskets you would have. You would make 4 Basket A and 2 basket B. The ratio is 4 basket A / 2 basket B or 2:1 simplified.
3. Let's change the weight now to 70g of each basket. You would have 7 basket A and 3.5 basket B. The ratio is 7 / 3.5 = 2:1.

For the question let's follow these steps.

1. Let's pick 10g for this example
2. Convert 10g of HCl to mol of HCl. (HCl molar mass 36.458 g/mol)
3. Convert 10g of CO₂ to mol of CO₂ (CO₂ molar mass 44.01g/mol)
4. Compare the ratio of mol of HCl to CO_2. --> mol of HCl / mol of CO2
5. Simplify the ratio if possible.

Answer 2

this video will help you get the right answer

https://youtu.be/eliO9cIxmFM