The reaction of the mineral fluorapatite with sulfuric acid follows the equation: Ca10F2(PO4)6(s) + 7 H2SO4(aq) → 2 HF (↑) + 3 Ca(H2PO4)2(s)+ 7 CaSO4(s) If you started with 245 g of fluorapatite, how many grams of either solid could you produce? How many moles of gas would be released? Please show all the work step by step and with the explanation

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The reaction of the mineral fluorapatite with sulfuric acid
follows the equation:
Ca10F2(PO4)6(s) + 7 H2SO4(aq) → 2 HF (↑) + 3 Ca(H2PO4)2(s)+ 7 CaSO4(s)
If you started with 245 g of fluorapatite, how many grams of
either solid could you produce? How many moles of gas would
be released? Please show all the work step by step and with the explanation.

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