A compound only containing carbon and hydrogen was determined to contain 92.257% carbon and 7.743% hydrogen by mass via combustion analysis. what is the empirical formula of the compound?

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anonymous · Answer

I did 92.257/12.01 for carbon and got 7.6816 and then did 7.743/1.01 and got 7.6663 for hydrogen ... so C7.6816H7.6663 and then divide each by 7.6663

aaronq · Answer

yep so it's in a 1:1 ratio

aaronq · Answer

does this general formula $C_nH_n$ look familiar?