Determine the empirical formula for an artificial sweetener given the following information: A 25.0 g sample of the sweetner decomposed into 14.29 g C, 1.53 g H, 2.38 g N and 6.80 g O. Express your formula without using subscripts (i.e., H2O would be written as H2O).

Determine the empirical formula for an artificial sweetener given the following information: A 25.0 g sample of the sweetner decomposed into 14.29 g C, 1.53 g H, 2.38 g N and 6.80 g O. Express your formula without using subscripts (i.e., H2O would be written as H2O).

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would be written as H2O).

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