A 10.00 g sample of a food sweetener containing the atoms C, H, and 0, was subjected to combustion analysis and yielded 14.66 g of carbon dioxide and 6.001 g of water. Determine the empirical formula using the following steps. Use the data to derive the empirical formula.

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A 10.00 g sample of a food sweetener containing the atoms C, H, and 0, was
subjected to combustion analysis and yielded 14.66 g of carbon dioxide and
6.001 g of water. Determine the empirical formula using the following steps.
Use the data to derive the empirical formula.
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