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Hydrocarbons are important fuel that we burn for many different reasons.

a. what is a hydrocarbon?
b. rank these hydrocarbons by the number of carbons the contain: propane, methane, butane, octane, ethane.

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A hydrocarbon is exactly what it says it is. Hydrogen and carbon.
propane is C3H8
methane is CH4
butane is C4H10
octane is C8H18
ethane is C2H6

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