a.) The percentage composition of a compound with a molar mass of 180 g/mol is as follows: 40.0 percent carbon, 6.67 percent hydrogen, and 55.33 percent oxygen. Determine the compound's empirical and molecular formulas.

a.) The percentage composition of a compound with a molar mass of 180 g/mol is as follows: 40.0 percent carbon, 6.67 percent hydrogen, and 55.33 percent oxygen. Determine the compound's empirical and molecular formulas.

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a.) The percentage composition of a compound
with a molar mass of 180 g/mol is as follows:
40.0 percent carbon, 6.67 percent hydrogen, and
55.33 percent oxygen. Determine the
compound's empirical and molecular formulas.
b.) Determine the empirical and molecular
formulas for the given compound, which contains
72.41 percent iron and oxygen with a molar mass
of g/mol.

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