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An elements forms two oxides containing respectively 53.33 and 36.36 percent of oxygen. These figures illustrate the law of :

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Conservation of mass
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Constant proportions
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Reciprocal proportions
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Multiple proportions
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Solution

The correct option is D Multiple proportions
An element forms to oxides containing different percentages of oxygen this illustrates that a fixed mass of the elements combine to give more than one compound then they would do so in a simple whole number ratio. Hence this illustrates law of multiple proportions.

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