2. The empirical formula of a compound containing 40% carbon, 6.7% hydrogen and 53.3% oxygen (C = 12, H = 1, O = 16) is:
- CH2O
- C2H4O2
- CHO
- C2H6O
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A. CH2O
Why that one is right — and why the option you were drawn to looked right — comes with the worked analysis after you sit the paper.