Question

Can the molecular formula and empirical formula of a compound be the same? Justify.

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Empirical formulas and molecular formulas are types of chemical formulas.
Chemical formulas represent the composition of a substance with atomic symbols.

Empirical formulas show the simplest whole number ratio of these atoms.
Molecular formulas show the actual ratio of atoms in the compound.

Here is an example:

Glucose is the a simple sugar whose molecular formula is C6H12O6

Its empirical formula would be CH2O which would be its molecular formula divided by the smallest whole numbers

It is important to remember that several compounds can have the same empirical formula.