A  compound has 40% Carbon 6.6% Hydrogen & 53.3% Oxygen. Calculate the Empirical Formula of the compound.

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A  compound has 40% Carbon 6.6% Hydrogen & 53.3% Oxygen. Calculate the Empirical Formula of the compound.
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Sure, here are the steps to calculate the empirical formula of the compound:

  1. Assume that you have 100g of the compound. This means that you have 40g of Carbon (C), 6.6g of Hydrogen (H), and 53.3g of Oxygen (O).

  2. Convert the mass of each element to moles. You can do this by dividing the mass o Knowee AI StudyGPT is a powerful AI-powered study tool designed to help you to solve study prob

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