A compound is found to contain 25.24 % sulfur and 74.76 % fluorine by weight. The molecular weight for this compound is 254.14 g/mol. What is the molecular formula for this compound

Explanation:

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In this case, since the empirical formula of a chemical compound is determined by assuming the by-mass percentages are masses, we can firstly compute the moles of sulfur and fluorine based on their atomic masses:

Next, we compute the subscript of each element in the formula by dividing each moles by the fewest moles:

Whose molar mass is 127.01 g/mol. Now, we can compute the ratio between the molecular and empirical formulas as follows:

Thus, the molecular formula is:

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