On complete combustion of an organic compound gave and . The % of carbon is (Nearest Integer)

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On complete combustion  of an organic compound gave   and  . The % of carbon is  (Nearest Integer)

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Strategy:
 Use the mass of carbon dioxide produced to isolate the mass of carbon in the original organic sample, then express it as a percentage.

Step 1: Find mass of Carbon

Step 2: Calculate percentage

Nearest integer is 18.

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