Question

Complete combustion of a 0.40-mol sample of a hydrocarbon, CxHy, gives 2.40 mol of CO2 and 1.60 mol of H2O. The molecular formula of the original hydrocarbon is
Group of answer choices

C2H8.

C6H8.

C9H16.

C5H5.

C4H7.
the product has 2.4 moles of C and 3.2 moles of H
... this from a 0.40 moles sample that was combusted

look at the mole ratios of the possible answers
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