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In a hydrocarbon, mass ratio of hydrogen and carbon is $1: 3$, the empirical formula of hydrocarbon is(a) $\mathrm{CH}_{2}$(b) $\mathrm{CH}_{4}$(c) $\mathrm{CH}_{3}^{2}$(d) $\mathrm{CH}$
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