Given the reaction: 2 HgO(s)-> 2 Hg(1) + O2(g) (a) What weight of elemental mercury should be produced by the decomposition of 94.5 g of HgO? (b) If 75.2 g of Hg is actually collected, what is the percent yield? (Show your work!) For the toolbar, press ALT+F10 (PC) or ALT+FN+F10 (Mac). B IUS Paragraph Arial 10nt " D

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Given the reaction: 2 HgO(s)-> 2 Hg(1) + O2(g)
(a) What weight of elemental mercury should be produced by the decomposition of 94.5 g of HgO?
(b) If 75.2 g of Hg is actually collected, what is the percent yield? (Show your work!)
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