Please help...I am new here. Sodium chlorate decomposes into sodium chloride and oxygen gas as seen in the equation below.

Question

­­2NaClO3­ -->  2NaCl +3O2

How many moles of NaCl were produced by 5 moles of  NaClO3­? Round your answer to the nearest whole number.

Answer 1

2NaClO_3­ -->  2NaCl +3O_{2 ...} balanced equation

use dimensional analysis:

5 mols NaClO3 x 2 mols NaCl / 2 mols NaClO3 = 5 mols NaCl