1. A chemist conducted a recrystallization on 18.5 g of a solid and collected 11.2 g as a first crop. She re-cooled the mother liquor and obtained 2.1 g as a second crop. Show your calculation when answering the following questions:

(a) What is the percent recovery for the first crop? (1.5 marks)
What is the total percent recovery?

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what is 11.2/18.5 ?
what is 13.3/18.5?