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A group of chemical symbols and numbers that shows the number of atoms of each element in a molecule.

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A molecular formula is a representation of a molecule that uses chemical symbols to indicate the types of atoms followed by subscripts to show the number of atoms of each type in the molecule. (A subscript is used only when more than one atom of a given type is present.)

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