You perform combustion analysis on 255 mg of a molecule that contains only C, H, and O,

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You perform combustion analysis on 255 mg of a molecule that contains only C, H, and O, and you find that 561 mg CO2 is produced, along with 306 mg H2O.
a. If the molecule contains only C, H, and O, what is the empirical formula?
b. If the molar mass of the compound is 180 g/mol, what is the molecular formula of the compound?
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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