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How can I identify the formula using percent composition (Airline Explosion)?

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How can I identify the formula using percent composition (Airline Explosion)?

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I have a list of possible compounds, and I have to identify the formula that it is with the % mass given. Here is one of them, I just need to know generally how I can find it so I can finish my worksheet: Passenger 1 : Carbon is 67.31% Hydrogen is 6.98% Nitrogen is 4.62% Oxygen is 21.10% I do know the table but I have no clue how to work with just the atom masses and the percentages to find the number of atoms in the formula. This is from The Strange Case of Airlines Flight 1023 by Karl F. Jones Thank you! The data allows you to calculate the smallest whole number ratio of atoms in a formula. This is called the “empirical formula”. The actual formula will be a multiple of the empirical formula (1X, 2X, etc.).