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Tetradotoxin is the poison found in pufferfish.It's percent mass composition is known to be 41.38% carbon,5.37%...

Tetradotoxin is the poison found in pufferfish.It's percent mass composition is known to be 41.38% carbon,5.37% hydrogen,13.16% nitrogen with remainder oxygen.The mass of a single molecule of the toxin is 5.30x10^-22 grams.
a)What is the empirical formula of the unknown?
b)What is the molar mass (in gram/mole of the unknown?
c)What is the molecular formula of the unknown?
Can someone solve it by tomorrow morning?I have this due tomorrow.Please help as soon as possible.This is given to me as homework by my professor.
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