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cluponka [151]
3 years ago
11

A compound that is composed of only carbon and hydrogen contains 85.7% c and 14.3% h by mass. what is the empirical formula of t

he compound?
Chemistry
1 answer:
Anna35 [415]3 years ago
8 0
The empirical formula is CH2
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