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Carbon and oxygen form no fewer than five different binary compounds. The mass percentages of carbon in the five compounds are as follows: A, 27.29; B, 42.88; C, 50.02; D, 52.97; and E, 65.24. Determine the empirical formulas of the five compounds.
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