A certain alcohol contains only three elements, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Combustion of a 60.00 gram sample of the alcohol produced 114.6 grams of CO2 and 70.44 grams of H2O. What is the empirical formula of the alcohol

Explanation:

The first step is the calculation of the moles of and , so:

Now, in 1 mol of CO2 we have 1  mol of C and in 1 mol of we have 1 mol of H. Additionally, if we want to calculate the moles of oxygen we need to calculate the grams of C and O and then do the substraction form the initial amount, so:

Now we can convert the grams of O to moles, so:

The next step is to divide all the mol values by the smallest one:

Therefore the formula is

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