Molecules of vitamin C contain 6 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, and 6 oxygen atoms. What are the molecular and empirical formulas of vitamin C? (Don't worry about subscripts, just enter the answer as element symbol-number-element-symbol...; for example: H2O or H2O2 or CO2 or CO)

Molecules of vitamin C contain 6 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, and 6 oxygen atoms. What are the molecular and empirical formulas of vitamin C? (Don't worry about subscripts, just enter the answer as element symbol-number-element-symbol...; for example: H2O or H2O2 or CO2 or CO)

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Molecules of vitamin C contain 6 carbon atoms, 8 hydrogen atoms, and 6 oxygen atoms. What are
the molecular and empirical formulas of vitamin C? (Don't worry about subscripts, just enter the
answer as element symbol-number-element-symbol...; for example: H2O or H2O2 or CO2 or CO)
Molecular formula =
Empirical formula
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