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State the law multiple proportions

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The law of multiple proportions is..
Different compounds made of same element have different proportions by mass of those elements.
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The law of multiple proportions states that when two elements combine to form more than one compound, the mass of one element, which combines with a fixed mass of the other element, will always be ratios of whole numbers.

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