A 1.0-g sample of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) is fully decomposed into its elements, yielding 0.273

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A 1.0-g sample of carbon dioxide (CO2) is fully decomposed into its elements, yielding 0.273 g of carbon and 0.727 g of oxygen. 

(a) What is the ratio of the mass of O to C? 

(b) If a sample of a different compound decomposes into 0.429 g of carbon and 0.571 g of oxygen, what is its ratio of the mass of O to C? 

(c) According to Dalton’s atomic theory, what is the empirical formula of the second compound?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

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Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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