Aspirin is used as a mild pain killer. There are nine carbon atoms, eight hydrogen atoms and four oxygen atoms, in this compound. Write its empirical and molecular formulas.

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Empirical formula of Aspirin is C₉H₈O₄.

Molecular formula of Aspirin is also C₉H₈O₄.

Because the compound has already in simplest whole number ratio of atoms. Therefore, empirical and molecular formula of these compounds is same.