A chemical compound is analyzed for its elemental composition, and is found to contain 57.14% carbon, 4.80% hydrogen, and 38.06% oxygen.  The empirical formula for this chemical compound is:   A. C2H2O   B. CH2O   C. C2H4O   D. C2H4O2   E. C4H6O

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A chemical compound is analyzed for its elemental composition, and is found to contain 57.14% carbon, 4.80% hydrogen, and 38.06% oxygen.  The empirical formula for this chemical compound is:

  A.

C2H2O

  B.

CH2O

  C.

C2H4O

  D.

C2H4O2

  E.

C4H6O

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