State the law of multiple proportions.

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When two elements combine to form more than one compound, the mass of one element, which combines with a fixed mass of the other element, will always be a ratio of whole numbers.
In compound like water, the ratio of the mass of hydrogen to the mass of oxygen is always 1:8

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