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Transcribed Image Text:Selenium, an element used in the manufacture of solar energy devices, forms an oxide that contains
only one atom of selenium (per formula unit) and one or more oxygen atoms' The oxide that is formed
has 37 8% oxygen by mass What is the molecular formula of the oxide?
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