The complete combustion of 0.492 g of an organic compound containing 'C', 'H' and 'O' gives 0.793 g of CO_ 2 and 0.442 g of H_ 2 O. The percentage of oxygen composition in the organic compound is _____. [nearest integer]

JEE Main 2022 Chemistry question

The complete combustion of 0.492 g of an organic compound containing 'C', 'H' and 'O' gives 0.793 g of and 0.442 g of . The percentage of oxygen composition in the organic compound is . [nearest integer]

Answer: 46

Solution

The mass of carbon is (0.793/44) g and the mass of hydrogen is (0.442/18) g. So the

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