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2 g of hydrogen combine with 16 g of oxygen to form water and with 6 g of carbon to form methane. In carbon dioxide 12 g of carbon are combined with 32 g of oxygen. These figures illustrate the law of

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a

Multiple proportions

b

Constant proportions

c

Reciprocal proportions

d

Conservation of mass

answer is C.

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The law of reciprocal proportions states that “If two different elements combine separately with a fixed mass of a third element, the ratio of the masses in which they do so are either the same as or a simple multiple of the ratio of the masses in which they combine with each other.” 

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