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A compound made up of C, H, and Cl contains 55.0 percent Cl by mass. If 9.00 g of the compound contain \(4.19 \times 10^{23}\) H atoms, what is the empirical formula of the compound?

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QUESTION:

A compound made up of C, H, and Cl contains 55.0 percent Cl by mass. If 9.00 g of the compound contain \(4.19 \times 10^{23}\) H atoms, what is the empirical formula of the compound?

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Here, the goal of the problem is to find the empirical formula of the compound.

Given:

Mass percent of Cl = 55.0 %.

Mass of the compound = 9 g.

The number of H atoms = 4.19 ×  H atoms.

 

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