If only 75.0% of 118g of salicylic acid is converted to aspirin, how much salicylic acid would be required to prepare 155g of aspirin?
The quality aspirin is: 88.5 g (118*0.75). You need to get 1.75 times more (155/88.5). Consequently, 1.75*118 = 206.7 g salicylic acid.
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