Hydrocarbons are mainly composed of which of these?

hydrogen

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hydrogen, oxygen and carbon

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hydrogen and carbon

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hydrogen, carbon and nitrogen

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Solution

The correct option is A hydrogen and carbon
The alkanes are a family of hydrocarbons that share the same general formula $C_{n} H_{2 n + 2}$ Methane $C H_{4}$ , ethane $C_{2} H_{6}$ , propane $C_{3} H_{8}$ etc are all hydrocarbons with hydrogen and carbon atom in them.Alkenes, cycloalkanes, alkyne based compounds are all different types of hydrocarbons

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