The image shows the products of a combustion reaction of a hydrocarbon containing only carbon and hydrogen. The large, red spheres represent oxygen atoms, the small, white spheres represent hydrogen atoms, and the grey spheres represent carbon atoms.
In this image, there are 8 molecules composed of a central red atom bound to two different white atoms. There are also 4 molecules composed of a central grey atom bound to two different red atoms.
Determine the empirical formula of the hydrocarbon based on these products.
empirical formula:
