For every liter of sea water that evaporates, 3.70g of magnesium hydroxide are produced. How many liters of sea water must evaporate to produce 5.00 moles of magnesium hydroxide?
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moles Mg(OH)2 = 3.70/molar mass Mg(OH)2 = about 0.09 but confirm that and do it more precisely.
So if 1 L sea water produces 0.09 moles Mg(OH)2, x amount sea water will produce 6.0 moles Mg(OH)2. Set up a proportion and solve for x.