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OpenStudy (anonymous):

How do I find the empirical formula of chloromycetin's percentage composition: 40.87% carbon, 3.72% hydrogen, 8.67% nitrogen, 24.77% oxygen, and 21.98% chlorine. The answer is C11H12N2O5Cl2. I got: C5H5NO3Cl... ahhh.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oh wait never mind! I know what I did wrong-- I forgot that chlorine is Cl2 not just Cl.

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