A hydrocarbon on complete combustion produces 176 g of carbon dioxide and 90 g of water. What will x the formula of hydrocarbon be and also give balanced chemical equation of combustion of hydrocarbon?

Explanation

(i) General balanced chemical equation for combustion of hydrocarbon.
(ii) Calculation of the coefficients of carbon dioxide and water using the formula
(iii) Coefficient of
`CO_2=("Amount of "H_2O" produced")/("Molecular weight ")`
(iv) Coefficient of
`H_2O=("Amount of "H_2O" produced")/("Molecular weight ")`
(v) Chemical formula of hydrocarbon from the coefficients of corbon dioxide and water