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A compound that contains only carbon, hydrogen and oxygen has the following
percentage by mass:
carbon 60 %, hydrogen 8 %, oxygen 32%.
What is a possible molecular formula?
A C5H8O2
B C5H40
C C6H06
D C7HO4

Sagot :

ANP01

C6H8O6 i think so might be (C)

rspill6

Answer:  A)  C5H8O2

Explanation:  Let's assume we have 100 grams of the unknown compound.  We can then find grams for each element by multiply it's percentage times 100g.  (e.g., carbon at 60% gives 60 grams of C).  Then divide the mass of each element by it's molar mass.  That will normalize the number of that element in relation to the others.  E,g,, the 60 grams of carbon, divided by its molar mass of 12.01 g/mole gives 5 moles of C atoms.  For H we get 8, and for O we get 2.  That gives us the empirical formula C5H8O2

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