On complete combustion, of an organic compound gave of . The of carbon in the organic compound is (Nearest integer)

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On complete combustion,  of an organic compound gave  of . The  of carbon in the organic compound is  (Nearest integer)

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Strategy:
 Percentage composition of carbon is found by determining the mass of Carbon in the produced  and dividing it by the total mass of the original organic sample.

Step 1: Find mass of Carbon

Step 2: Calculate percentage

Nearest integer is 44.

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