A 0.1799 g sample of an organic compound was burned in a stream of oxygen, and the CO2 produced was collected in a solution of barium hydroxide. Calculate the percentage of carbon in the sample if 0.5613 g of BaCO3 was formed. (Mwt BaCO3 = 197.33 g/mol; C = 12 g/mol; O = 16 g/mol)

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A 0.1799 g sample of an organic compound was burned in a stream of oxygen,
and the CO2 produced was collected in a solution of barium hydroxide.
Calculate the percentage of carbon in the sample if 0.5613 g of BaCO3 was
formed. (Mwt BaCO3 = 197.33 g/mol; C = 12 g/mol; O = 16 g/mol)

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