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Transcribed Image Text:3) The combustion of 4.000 g of a compound that contains only C, H, N, and Br yields 3.826 g of
CO2 and 2.087 g of H2O. Another sample of the compound with a mass of 3.111 g is found to
contain 1.803 grams of Br. What is the empirical formula of the compound?
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