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Which of these represents three molecules of carbon dioxide? 3CO2 3C3O2 C3O6 3C2O

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............ Answer is 3C02
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Answer:
3CO_2

Explanation: A molecule of compound is formed by the combination of atoms of different elements combined together in a fixed ratio by mass.

Carbon dioxide is a covalent compound formed by sharing of electrons between carbon and two oxygen atoms in which less electronegative atom is named first followed by the more electronegative element with a prefix indicating the number of atoms followed by an -ide.

The number is represented by a stochiometric coefficient in the beginning of chemical formula.

Thus the correct representation of 3 molecules of carbon dioxide is
3CO_2

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