Q;) a compound is found to contain 40 % carbon, 6.7 % hydrogen, and 53 % oxygen by weight. What is the empirical formula for this compound? (Where the atomic weight of O is 16 and for H is 1 and for C is 12)

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Problem 162IL: When analyzed, an unknown compound gave these experimental results: C, 54.0%; h, 6.00%; and O,...
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Q-) a compound is found to contain 40 % carbon, 6.7 % hydrogen,
and 53 % oxygen by weight. What is the empirical formula for this
compound? (Where the atomic weight of O is 16 and for H is 1 and
for C is 12)
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