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An organic compound contains $69\%$ carbon and $4.8\%$ hydrogen, the remainder being oxygen. What will be the masses of carbon dioxide and water produced when $0.20 \,g$ of this substance is subjected to complete combustion.

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  • $0.69 \,g$ and $0.048\, g$
  • $0.506 \,g$ and $0.086\, g$
  • $0.345 \,g$ and $0.024 \,g$
  • $0.91\, g$ and $0.72 \,g$
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Solution and Explanation

$\% C=\frac{12}{44}\times\frac{\text{mass of $CO_{2}$ formed}}{\text{mass of substance taken}}\times100$ $69=\frac{12}{44}\times\frac{\text{Mass of $CO_{2}$ formed}}{0.2}\times100$ $\therefore$ Mass of $CO_{2}$ formed $=\frac{69\times44\times0.2}{12\times100}=0.506\, g$ $\% H=\frac{2}{18}\times\frac{\text{mass of $H_{2}O$ formed}}{\text{mass of substance taken}}\times100$ $4.8=\frac{2}{18}\times\frac{x}{0.2}\times100$ $x=\frac{4.8\times18\times0.1}{100}$ $=0.086\,g$
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