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In the compound Mn2O7, what is the oxidation number of manganese?

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So in this compound Mn has an oxidation number of +2 while O has an oxidation number of -2 since there are 2 of Mn the total will be +14 and since there are 7 of O the total is -14 (because you will multiply the numbers) so now we will take the +14 and the -14 and the total sum of the two is 0
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