An organic liquid is a mixture of methyl alcohol (CH3OH) and ethyl alcohol (C2H5OH). A 0.220-g...

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An organic liquid is a mixture of methyl alcohol (CH3OH) andethyl alcohol (C2H5OH). A 0.220-g sample of the liquid is burned inan excess of O2(g) and yields 0.376 g CO2(g) (carbon dioxide).

Set up two algebraic equations, one expressing the mass ofcarbon dioxide produced in terms of each reagent and the otherexpressing the mass of sample burned in terms of each reagent. Whatis the mass of methyl alcohol (CH3OH) in the sample?

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