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Bellows to pump in air (O2) Exhaust Box gases holding material being burned Canister Canister holding holding NaOH to MgSO4 to absorb absorb H2O

While completing your research on the speciation of clover in sacramento county, you isolate an acid from clover leaves. You discover that it contains only the elements C, H, and O. The apparatus pictured bloe is used for the analysis of 0.513g of the compound. Before the experiment, the MgSO4 has a mass of 56.784g. After the experiment, the MgSO4 has become hydrated to a mass of 56.887g. Similarly, the mass of the NaOH has increased to 34.302g from 33.801g. Another experiment has shown that the molar mass of the acid is 90.04g/mol. What is the molecular formula of the acid?

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