Fig. 3.5 illustrates a schematic diagram of a combustion device used to analyze organic compounds. Given that a certain amount of a compound containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen is combusted in this device, explain how the data relating to the mass of CO₂ produced and the mass of H₂O produced can be manipulated to determine the empirical formula.

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Furnace Sample CO₂, H₂O, O₂, and other gases H₂O absorber such as Mg(CIO4)2 CO₂ absorber such as NaOH O₂ and other gases