The compound butyric acid gives rancid butter its characteristics odor. A). What is the molecular formula of butyric acid? (Black spheres are oxygen.) B). What is the empirical formula of butyric acid? C). What is the mass percent composition of butyric acid?

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The compound butyric acid gives rancid butter its characteristics odor. A). What is the molecular formula of butyric acid? (Black spheres are oxygen.) B). What is the empirical formula of butyric acid? C). What is the mass percent composition of butyric acid? D). How many grams of C are in 0.850 g of butyric acid? E). How many grams of butyric acid contain 3.28 ×10^23 O atoms? F). Butyric acid has a density of 0.959g/mL at 20^0C. How many moles of butyric acid are contained in 0.565 mL of butyric acid?.
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