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1.) What does a coefficient represent in a chemical formula?

2.) How do you use the coefficient to calculate the number of atoms in each molecule
3.) How many total atoms are in this compound 3C H O
6 12 6
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1.) What does a coefficient represent in a chemical formula? 2.) How do you use the-example-1
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1.) can represent either the relative number of molecules, or the relative number of moles

2.)MULTIPLY all the SUBSCRIPTS in the molecule by the COEFFICIENT.

i dont know the last one

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