To find out how much sodium is in 59.8 g of pure salt, we can use the proportion of sodium in one gram of salt.
Given that each gram of salt contains 0.393 g of sodium, we can calculate the amount of sodium in 59.8 g of salt:
\[ \text{Amount of sodium} = \text{mass of salt} \times \frac{\text{mass of sodium}}{\text{mass of salt}} \]
\[ \text{Amount of sodium} = 59.8 , \text{g} \times 0.393 , \text{g sodium/g salt} \]
Calculating that:
\[ \text{Amount of sodium} = 59.8 \times 0.393 \approx 23.5 , \text{g} \]
Since we want to match this to the closest answer, we see that the correct approximate value is roughly 24 g.
Therefore, the answer is:
A 24 g
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