If a sample of carbon dioxide, $CO_2$ , contains $3.8$ moles of oxygen, how many moles of $CO_2$ make up the sample?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-09T11:14:08

Each mole of $CO_2$ contains 2 moles of oxygen, so there are half as many moles of $CO_2$ as there are moles of oxygen: $1.9$ $mol$ .

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