Problem: Calculate the percentage by mass of the indicated element in the following compounds.Oxygen in the female sex hormone estradiol, C18H24O2

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1 mol C18H24O2 ×1 mol C18H24O21 mol C18H24O2×272.372 g C18H24O21 mol C18H24O2

 = 272.372 g C18H24O2


1 mol C18H24O2 ×2 mol O1 mol C18H24O2×16.00 g O1 mol O

 = 32 g O


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Calculate the percentage by mass of the indicated element in the following compounds.

Oxygen in the female sex hormone estradiol, C18H24O2

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