and .
Assuming complete decomposition of both samples,
First compound:
; of the first compound would contain
Oxygen and mercury atoms seemingly exist in the first compound at a ratio; thus the empirical formula for this compound would be where the subscript "1" is omitted.
Similarly, for the second compound
; of the first compound would contain
and therefore the empirical formula
.
Oxygen (6O2) and Glucose (C6H12O6)
<span>Reference: 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy = C6H12O6 + 6O2.</span>
The Law of Conservation of Mass states that the mass of reactants entering a reaction must be equal to the mass of the products exiting it. In this case, we only have 2 reactants, Fe and S, and we only have 1 product, FeS. Therefore we expect the total mass of the Fe and S reactants to equal the mass of FeS. This gives us 112 g + 64 g = 176 g of FeS, which is choice D.