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Question #ba790

Answer 1

Here's my interpretation of the problem.

Explanation:

I'm going to assume that you must determine the number of formula units presents in `"1.25 mL"` of a sodium hydroxide solution of known molarity `c`.

The idea here would be that you can use a solution's molarity as a conversion factor that allows you to figure out the number of moles of solute present in a given volume of solution.

Molarity is defined as the number of moles of solute, which in your case would be sodium hydroxide, present in `"1 L"` of solution.

So, let's say that your sodium hydroxide solution has a molarity of `c` `"mol L"^(-1)`. This means that every `"1 L"` of solution contains `c` moles of sodium hydroxide.

You can thus use this ratio as a conversion factor to determine the number of moles of sodium hydroxide present in

`1.25 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL solution"))) * (1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))))/(10^3color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL")))) * (c color(white)(.)"moles NaOH")/(1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L solution")))`

`= (0.00125 * c)color(white)(.)"moles NaOH"`

To convert this to formula units of sodium hydroxide, use Avogadro's constant

`(0.00125 * c) color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles NaOH"))) * overbrace((6.022 * 10^(23)color(white)(.)"formula units NaOH")/(1color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mole NaOH")))))^(color(blue)("Avogadro's constant"))`

`= (7.53 * c) * 10^(20)color(white)(.)"formula units NaOH"`

Keep in mind that this is just my interpretation of what the question would actually ask.