Answer is: <span>the exact ratio of oxygen to octane for is 12.5 : 1.
</span>Balanced chemical reaction: C₈H₁₈ + 25/2O₂ → 8CO₂ + 9H₂O or multiply by 2:
2C₈H₁₈ + 25O₂ → 16CO₂ + 18H₂O.
There same number of atoms on both side of balanced chemical reaction: eight carbon atoms, eighteen hydrogen atoms and twenty five oxygen atoms.
