Per cent composition of Magnesium (Mg) in Magnesium Phosphate compound ie [tex]Mg_3(PO_4)_2[/tex] is 27.74%. Hence, option C is correct.
What is per cent?
Percent is from the Latin adverbial phrase per centum meaning “by the hundred.”
Determination of the percentage composition of Mg in Mg₃(PO₄)₂
Molar mass of Mg₃(PO₄)₂ = 262 g/mol
Mass of Mg in Mg₃(PO₄)₂ = 24×3 = 72 g
Percentage composition of Mg =?
[tex]Percentage = \frac{Mass \;of \;elements x 100}{Mass \;of \;compound}[/tex]
[tex]Percentage = \frac{72 X 100}{262}[/tex]
27.74%.
Hence, option C is correct.
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