JEE Main & Advanced JEE Main Paper (Held on 12-4-2019 Afternoon)

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    25 g of an unknown hydrocarbon upon burning produces 88 g of \[C{{O}_{2}}\]and 9 g of  \[{{H}_{2}}O.\] This unknown hydrocarbon contains. [JEE Main 12-4-2019 Afternoon]

    A) 20g of carbon and 5 g of hydrogen

    B) 24g of carbon and 1 g of hydrogen

    C) 18g of carbon and 7 g of hydrogen

    D) 22g of carbon and 3 g of hydrogen

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    \[{{C}_{x}}{{H}_{y}}+\left( x+\frac{y}{4} \right){{O}_{2}}\xrightarrow[{}]{{}}xC{{O}_{2}}+\frac{y}{2}{{H}_{2}}O\]                 \[\left( \frac{25}{M} \right)\]              \[\begin{matrix}    \underset{=2}{\mathop{x\times \left( \frac{25}{M} \right)}}\, & \underset{=\,0.5}{\mathop{\frac{y}{2}\times \frac{25}{M}}}\,  \\ \end{matrix}\]           \[C\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,x\times \frac{25}{M}=2\]           \[H\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\,y\times \frac{25}{M}=1\] \[{{C}_{2y}}{{H}_{y}}\equiv 24y\,gm\,C+y\,gm\,H\] Or                24:1 ratio by mass


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