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When copper (Cu) and oxygen (O) combine, two different compounds are formed. The first compound contains 88.8% copper by mass, and the second compound contains 79.9% copper by mass. (Note: Assume a 100-gram sample of each compound.)

(a) Show that Cu and O combine with each other in conformity with the law of multiple proportions.
The small whole number ratio of the mass of Cu per gram of O in the first compound to the mass of Cu per gram of O in the second compound equals  :1. This ratio indicates that Cu and O  ---Select--- combine do not combine with each other in conformity with the law of multiple proportions.
 
(b) Determine the empirical formulas of the compounds.
compound 1:
 
compound 2:
 
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