Question

9. Sodium reacts with chlorine to form the compound sodium chloride, or salt. The chemical formula below shows how the two elements combine into a compound.

2Na + Cl2 → 2NaCl

If the total mass of the reactants is 58.44 amu, what will be the total mass of the products?

(1 point)
Responses

60 amu
60 amu

29.22 amu
29.22 amu

116.88 amu
116.88 amu

58.44 amu.

Answer 1

According to the law of conservation of mass, the total mass of the reactants is equal to the total mass of the products in a chemical reaction. Since you provided that the total mass of the reactants is 58.44 amu, the total mass of the products will also be 58.44 amu.

So, the correct response is:

**58.44 amu.**