Ocean water contains 3.3 %% NaClNaCl by mass. How much salt can be obtained from 314 gg of seawater?         Express your answer in grams to two significant figures.

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Ocean water contains 3.3 %% NaClNaCl by mass.
How much salt can be obtained from 314 gg of seawater?        
Express your answer in grams to two significant figures.
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Ocean water contains 3.3 % NaCl by mass. This means that 100 g of seawater contains 3.3 g NaCl

So, the mass of solute (NaCl)=?

Mass of solution (seawater)=314 g 

Mass %= 3.3 %

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