Answer
6 Carbon atoms
Work Step by Step
C4H8COOCH3 has 6 Carbon atoms. There are 4, which can be seen by the subscript on the C4 and then we find the other two in the COOCH3 part of the molecule. 4+2 = 6.
Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)
by Brown, Theodore E.; LeMay, H. Eugene; Bursten, Bruce E.; Murphy, Catherine; Woodward, Patrick; Stoltzfus, Matthew E.
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Prentice Hall
ISBN 10:
0321910419
ISBN 13:
978-0-32191-041-7
Chapter 2 - Atoms, Molecules, and Ions - Exercises - Page 76: 2.52a
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