Chemistry Question on Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Question

On complete combustion, $0.492\, g$ of an organic compound gave $0.792 \,g$ of $CO _2$ The $\%$ of carbon in the organic compound is(Nearest integer)

Accepted Answer

The correct answer is 44.
weight of C in 0.792gmCO2
=4412×0.792=0.216
% of C in compound =0.4920.216×100
=43.90%
=44