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A sample of a certain lead compound contains 6.57 grams of lead for each gram of oxygen. A second sample has a mass of 60.89 g and contains 31.31 g of oxygen. Could the two samples be the same?

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  1. They can't be the same substance because the second substance would be comprised of mostly oxygen but the first substance would be comprised mostly of lead.  




  2. Definitely NO

    if you will put the first sample into a ratio

                   1g (oxygen) : 6.57g (lead)

    then the second sample:

                   60.89g (total) - 31.31g (oxygen) = 29.58g (lead)

            

                   (then put it into ratio)

                   31.31g (oxygen) : 29.58g (lead)

                   divide it into 31.31g (for the oxygen be equal to 1g)

                    1g (oxygen) : 0.944g (lead)

    Then:

    1st sample:                                             2nd sample:

    1g(oxygen) : 6.57g(lead)   is not equal to   1g(oxygen) : 0.944g(lead)

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