How many grams of solute are contained in 95.0 ml of a 1.80% "weight by weight" solution?

A "weight by weight" solution is a mixture in which the
concentration is measured as the ratio of the mass of the solute in grams divided by the
volume of the solution measured in milliliters expressed as a percent, assuming that the
solvent is water (density of 1g/mL).

The formula is (%W/W)
= grams solute/volume of solution.

To determine the mass of
the solute you must do a step of algebra and isolate the variable for
mass:

grams of solute = (%W/W)x volume of
solution

Before we can do the calculation we must also
convert the percent to a decimal.

grams of solute = 0.0180
X 95.0 = 1.71 grams.