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Vitamin C is essential for the prevention of scurvy. Combustion of 0.2000g of vitamin C gives 0.2998g of `CO_(2)` and 0.819g of `H_(2)O`. What is the empirical formula of vitamin C ?

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`C_(3)H_(4)O_(3)`
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