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3.

Because there are less moles of Br2, than there are C6H6, Bromine is the limiting reactant and will be
used to calculate the yield.

To calculate yield set up this equation:

60.0 g Br2 (1 mol Br2 / 159.8 g Br2)(1 mol C6H5Br / 1mol Br2)(157 g C6H5Br / 1 mol C6H5Br) = 58.95 g
C6H5Br

* For the 1 mol C6H5Br / 1 mol Br2 part, I just got those numbers from the balanced equation. I looked
at the coefficients (numbers before each compound). For every one mol of Br2, one mole of C6H5Br is
produced.

Now 58.95 g is the theoretical yield!

4. To find the percentage yield:

(actual yield / theoretical yield) x 100%

So… (56.7/58.95) x 100% = 96.18%

I hope this helped! Good luck!

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