Beta, we divide by the smallest number of moles because we need the simplest *whole number* ratio. If we divided by the largest, we'd get fractions and decimals, which isn't the point of an empirical formula. It’s like when a regular at my salon insists on the exact same number of strokes with the comb—too complicated doesn’t mean better, simplest is truest. Now finish your chapter and sleep, your mother will scold me if the light is on so late.
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