Question

1. a medicine contains 0.08% of an active ingredient by mass. if the tablet has a mass of 250 g, find the mass of the active ingredient.

Explanation:

Step1: Convert percentage to decimal

$0.08\% = \frac{0.08}{100} = 0.0008$

Step2: Calculate active ingredient mass

Multiply tablet mass by decimal: $250 \times 0.0008$

Answer:

$0.2$ g