Suppose there are two known compounds containing the generic elements X and Y. You have a 1.00-g sample of each compound. One sample contains 0.29 g of X and the other contains 0.38 g of X. Identify plausible sets of formulas for these two compounds. Check all that apply.

XY and X2Y
X4Y2 and X3Y
X2Y3 and X3Y3
X2Y and X3Y
X3Y and X4Y
XY and X3Y
XY3 and XY4

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X3Y and X4Y2
X4Y2
X2Y
X2Y2