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How many atoms are of hydrogen are in H₂O?

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How many atoms are in H2O?

Add the subscripts of the molecule to get the total number of atoms in it. Keep in mind that if a symbol is followed by nothing but space, its subscript is 1. A water molecule has three atoms in it.

Water has a chemical formula of H2O, which indicates that it contains two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. By including the subscripts, I discovered this. Since oxygen has a subscript of 1, and hydrogen has a subscript of 2, there are a total of 3 atoms.


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How many atoms are of hydrogen are in H₂O?-example-1
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2 since there is only 3 atoms and the other one is Oxygen
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