To burn a piece of paper, why must the paper touch the flame?

Joe shines white light into a bowl half full of water at an angle of incident of 27.5°. calculate the angle of refraction in the water given the indices of refraction for air and water are 1.00 and 1.36, respectively.

An excess of lithium oxide undergoes a synthesis reaction with water to produce lithium hydroxide li2o+h2o→2lioh if 1.05 g of water reacted, what is the theoretical yield of lithium hydroxide? a) 5.83 x 10–2 g lioh b) 1.17 x 10–1 g lioh c) 2.79 x 100 g lioh d) 1.40 x 100 g lioh

The empirical formula of a compound is ch2o and its mass is 120 amu/molecule, what is its formula?