Assume those percentages as mass. Find moles.
30 grams Nitrogen (1 mole N/14.01 grams) = 2.141 moles ( call it 2 )
70 grams oxygen (1 mole O/16.0 grams) = 4.4 moles ( call it 4 )
smallest mole number is 1 in formula and divide larger number by it
2/4 = 2
so..............
NO2
nitrogen dioxide is the empirical formula
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