Answer:
The answer to your question is C₃ H₄
Explanation:
Data
mass of Carbon = 12.59 g
mass of Hydrogen = 1.41 g
Process
1.- Convert the mass to moles
-Carbon
Atomic mass = 12 g
12 g of C ---------------- 1 mol
12.59 g of C ----------- x
x = (12.59 x 1) / 12
x = 1.05 moles of C
-Hydrogen
Atomic mass = 1.008
1.008 g of H --------------- 1 mol
1.41 g of H --------------- x
x = (1.41 x 1) / 1.008
x = 1.399 moles of H
2.- Divide by the lowest number of moles
Hydrogen = 1.399/1.05 = 1.33
Carbon = 1.05/1.05 = 1
3.- Write the empirical formula
C₁ H ₁.₃₃ ≈ 3 x C₁ H ₁.₃₃ = C₃ H₄
