Styrene, the building block of polystyrene, consists of only C and H. If 0.310 g of styrene is burned in oxygen and produces 1.047 g of CO2 and 0.214 g of H20, what is the empirical formula of styrene? Empirical formula:

Styrene, the building block of polystyrene, consists of only C and H. If 0.310 g of styrene is burned in oxygen and produces 1.047 g of CO2 and 0.214 g of H20, what is the empirical formula of styrene? Empirical formula:

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