On complete combustion 0.30g of an organic compound gave 0.20g of carbon dioxide and 0.10 g of water. The percentage of carbon in the given organic compound is __________. (Nearest integer)

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Complete combustion of compound produces 0.2 gm CO2

Hence wt of carbon in 0.2 gm CO2

= ( 1 2 4 4 * 0 . 2 ) g m  

Therefore % of carbon in compound

= w t o f c a r b o n * 1 0 0 w t o f c o m p o u n d = 1 2 * 0 . 2 * 1 0 0 4 4 * 0 . 3 = 2 4 0 0 4 4 * 3 = 1 8 . 1 8 1 8 %  

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