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A 2.500 g sample of a compound containing only carbon and hydrogen was completely combusted in a combustion apparatus. The mass of carbon dioxide produced in the combustion was 7.845 g. The mass of water produced was 3.209 g. In a separate mass spectrometer experiment the molar mass of the compound was determined to be 56.10 g. The empirical formula of this compound is_______and the molecular formula of this compound is_____. Enter your answers as C#H# where the # represents the correct numbers in the two formulas.

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