A5.5 g sample of a substance contains only carbon and oxygen. carbon makes up 35% of the mass of the substance. the rest is made of oxygen. you are asked to determine the mass of oxygen in the sample. which of the following expressions demonstrates a mathematical procedure to solve this problem using the proper order of operations?

We have been given the condition that carbon makes up 35% of the mass of the substance and the rest is made up of oxygen. With this, it can be concluded that 65% of the substance is made up of oxygen. If we let x be the mass of oxygen in the substance, the operation that would best represent the scenario is,

                                       x = (0.65)(5.5 g)

                                        x = 3.575 g