Answer:
The “actual yield” is, well, what you obtained. “My yield was 42mg”
Explanation:
But if the calculated “Ideal” yield was 100mg,
42mg/100mg x 100% = 42% yield.
Theoretical yield Itself is based, usually in moles (and then grams), by the limiting reagent, or the “Ideal” yield is how I learned it long ago.
Let’s say 2 reactants react in a 1 to 1 Ratio; but you have 1 mole of A, and .5
Moles of B; from this, it shows you can get 1/2 mole of product maximum. I did answer in this way because the wording was just a bit ambiguous.
