Question:
A box contains some identical red coloured balls, labelled as A, each weighing
2 grams. Another box contains identical blue coloured balls, labelled as B,
each weighing 5 grams. Consider the combinations AB, AB2, A2B and A2B3
and show that the law of multiple proportions is applicable.
Solution:
Masses of B which combine with a fixed mass of A are
10g, 20g, 5g, 15g
2 : 4 : 1 : 3
This is the simple whole-number ratio.