An organic compound contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Its elemental analysis gave $\mathrm{C}, 38.71 \%$…

An organic compound contains carbon, hydrogen and oxygen. Its elemental analysis gave $\mathrm{C}, 38.71 \%$ and $\mathrm{H}, 9.67 \%$. The empirical formula of the compound would be
  1. $\mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{O}$
  2. $\mathrm{CH}_2 \mathrm{O}$
  3. $\mathrm{CHO}$
  4. $\mathrm{CH}_4 \mathrm{O}$

Solution


$\text { Hence, empirical formula is } \mathrm{CH}_3 \mathrm{O} \text {. }$

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