Empirical formula is C₂H₄O.
A chemical formula showing the simplest ratio of elements in a compound rather than the total number of atoms in the molecule CH2O is the empirical formula for glucose.
1) The first step in this problem is to change the % to grams.
2) Next divide all the given masses by their molar mass.
3) Lastly, the coefficients calculated in the previous step will become the subscripts in the chemical formula.
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