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Benzoic acid is a white crystalline powder used as a food preservative the compound contains 68.8% carbon, 5.0% hydrogen and 26.2% oxygen by mass what is the empirical formula
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Benzoic acid is a white crystalline powder used as a food preservative the compound contains 68.8% carbon, 5.0% hydrogen and 26.2% oxygen by mass what is the empirical formula

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So in this task first I think you should use the formula of the: Density/percentage

68.8% divided 26.2%= 2.625954198473282

2.625954198473282 X =

13.12977099236641
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