4 A given compound is analyzed and found to contain only C, H and O. When a 3.750 g sample of
this compound is completely combusted in the presence of excess oxygen, the reaction yields
10.05 g of carbon dioxide and 2.47 g of water. What is the empirical formula of this compound?
a) C2H5O
b) C4H405
c) CH3O2
d) C5H60

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.