Weight of oxygen in one mole each of ${\rm{F}}{{\rm{e}}_2}{{\rm{O}}_3}\;{\rm{and }}\;{\rm{FeO}}$ is in the simple ratio of:

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Weight of oxygen in one mole each of

\mathrm{F}{\mathrm{e}_2}{\mathrm{O}_3}\;\mathrm{and }\;\mathrm{FeO}

is in the simple ratio of:

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Correct option: D

3\mathrm{ }:\mathrm{ }1

The correct answer is D (3 : 1) because one mole of

Fe_2O_3

contains 3 moles of oxygen atoms, while one mole of

FeO

contains 1 mole of oxygen atoms.