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Transcribed Image Text:A hydrocarbon mixture consists of 85.71% carbon and 14.29% hydrogen by mass.
What is the empirical formula of the hydrocarbon? Please express your answer in the
form (for example) C2H5 without subscripting formats ("ONES" (1) are not required).
Empirical formula:
If the molecular weight of the hydrocarbon is approximately 56 g/mol, what is the
molecular formula? Please express your answer in the form (for example) C2H5
without subscripting formats ("ONES" (1) are not required).
Molecular formula:
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