an iron supplement is used to treat anemia and 50 mg of FE is required per tablet. If the iron compound used in th tablet is FeSO4.7H2O,what mass of this compound would be required per tablet to provide the desired amount of Fe?

Answer 1

find the formula mass of ferrous sulfate 7hydrate.

then, percent= atomicmassFe/formulamass

and percent=massFe/masscompound

masscompound=atomicmassFe*massFe/formulamass