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A compound containing only C, H, and O, was extracted from the bark of the sassafras...

A compound containing only C, H, and O, was extracted from the bark of the sassafras tree. The combustion of 29.3 mg produced 79.5 mg of CO2 and 16.3 mg of H2O. The molar mass of the compound was 162 g/mol. Determine its empirical and molecular formulas.

Note that formulas of organic compounds should first list the carbon and hydrogen with the rest of the atoms listed in alphabetical order. For this problem use the format: CxHyOz, where x, y, and z are subscripts of 2 or greater.

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