1 g mixture of cuprous oxide and cupric oxide was quantitatively reduced to 0.839 g of metallic copper.What was the weight of cupric oxide in the original sample?(Cu=63.5,O=16)

Dear Menka,
Using principle of conservation of masses we get wt of cupric acid to be 0.55 gm,

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