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What is the empirical formula for a compound if a sample contains 3.72g of P and 21.28g of Cl?

What is the empirical formula for a compound if a sample contains 3.72g of P and 21.28g of Cl?
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What is the empirical formula for a compound if a sample contains 3.72g of P and 21.28g of Cl?

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The empirical formula or simplest formula gives the smallest whole-number ratio of the atoms present in a compound.It gives the relative number of atoms of each element present in the compound.The ratio will be              3.72 : 21.28
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