Q. Carbon and carbon monoxide bum in oxygen to form carbon dioxide according to the following reactions
The heat of formation of of monoxide is, thus

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Solution:

Given, reactions are ;
...(i)
;
...(ii)
We obtained reaction ;
? Divide Eq. (ii) by ,
take its reciprocal and add the obtained equation in Eq. (i)
,