how to determine moleculure/ empirical formula from this  The elemental analysis of a compound yields a mass percent of 65.4% carbon, 9.2% hydrogen and 25.4% nitrogen. What is the molecular formula if the molecular weight is 165 g/mol? (Atomic Weight: C = 12.01 g/mol; H = 1.008 g/mol; N = 14.01 g/

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The elemental analysis of a compound yields a mass percent of 65.4% carbon, 9.2% hydrogen and 25.4% nitrogen. What is the molecular formula if the molecular weight is 165 g/mol?

(Atomic Weight: C = 12.01 g/mol; H = 1.008 g/mol; N = 14.01 g/mol)
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