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Analysis of a 1.000-g sample of the oral hypoglycemic agent metformin^tm yielded 0.3720 g of carbon,0.0858 g of hydrogen,and 0.5422 g of nitrogen.Metformin^tm has a molar mass of 129.16 g/mol.What is the molecular formula of Metformin^tm?

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Definitions:

Fully Terrestrial

An organism or system that lives, operates, or performs its entire lifecycle on land with no aquatic phase.

Reproduction

The biological process by which new individual organisms are produced from their parents, essential for the survival and continuation of a species.

Amphibians

A class of cold-blooded vertebrates that includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts, characterized by life stages both in water (as larvae) and on land (as adults).

Lampreys

Jawless fish known for their distinctive, toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth, often considered parasites or predatory on other fish.