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i am not able to understand the law of multiple proportions well so please define it with some common examples and a simler definition

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8 Years agoGrade Select Grade
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
Dear Shubham

This law states that “When two elements combine to form two or more than two different compounds then the different masses of one element B which combine with fixed mass of the other element bear a simple ratio to one another.”
For example: Carbon forms two oxides in oxygen
Carbon monoxide
Carbon oxide
The ratio of masses of oxygen in CO and CO2 for fixed mass of carbon (12) is 16 : 32 = 1: 2.