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Toluene (C7H8) and nitric acid (HNO3) are used in the production of trinitrotoluene (TNT, C7H5N3O6), an explosive.
What mass in grams (a) of nitric acid is required to react with 454 g and (b) of TNT can be made from 829 g C7H8?
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