A 12.6-g organic compound comprising carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms only contains 6.30 g of carbon and 0.706 g of hydrogen. What is the empirical formula of the compound?    Relative atomic masses: H = 1.008;  C = 12.011;  O = 15.999   Select one: a.C3H5O3 b.C2H5O c.CH3O d.C3H4O2

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A 12.6-g organic compound comprising carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms only contains 6.30 g of carbon and 0.706 g of hydrogen. What is the empirical formula of the compound? 

 

Relative atomic masses:

H = 1.008;  C = 12.011;  O = 15.999

 

Select one:
a.C3H5O3
b.C2H5O
c.CH3O
d.C3H4O2
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