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Calculate the empirical formula for each natural flavor based on its elemental mass percent composition.
 
methyl butyrate (component of apple taste and smell):

%, %,

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

As mass percentages of the elements are given here let us assume the total mass of the sample as .

Hence percentages given can be taken directly as the mass of the element in grams in of the sample.

Mass of

 

 

 

 

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