Given below are two statements
Statement I Ethene's molecular mass is half its empirical mass.
Statement II The empirical formula represents the simplest whole-number ratio of the various atoms present in a compound.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
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Statement II is true but Statement I is false. The correct forms of statement I is ethene's empirical mass is half its molecular mass. Empirical mass and formula of ethene is 
and 
respectively while molecular mass and formula of ethene is 
and 
respectively.
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