4. How would you prepare a solution containing 50mM NaCl (mwt = 58.5g/mol) and 10mM Na2HPO4 (358.057 g/mol) in a final volume of 250ml?

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How many millimoles of NaCl do you need? That's mL x M = 250 mL x 0.050 M = 12.5 millimoles or 0.0125 moles NaCl.
How many millimoles of Na2HPO4 do you need? That's 250 mL x 0.010 M = 2.50 millimoles or 0.00250 mols Na2HPO4.
Convert moles to grams. g = mols x molar mass = ? g for NaCl and ? g for Na2HPO4. Weigh these amounts of NaCl and Na2HPO4, place those weighed amounts in a 250 mL volumetric flask, add some DI water, swirl until all is dissolved, add DI water to the mark on the flask, stopper, mix thoroughly, label.