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0.540 g of bromine combine with 0.858 g of iodine to yield a compound X.
-A 4.000 g sample of a certain cobalt oxide contains 2.937 g cobalt. The empirical formula is ________.

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The empirical formula is determined by finding the simplest whole number ratio of moles of each element in the compound. For cobalt oxide, the moles of cobalt and oxygen are calculated from their masses, leading to the empirical formula Co₃O₄.

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