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Ionic compounds are composed of ___ and
___. When writing an ionic formula, the total charge must equal the total ___ charge because the number of electrons ____ must equal the number of electrons _____.
Always write the symbol of the _______ first, followed by the symbol of the _____.
The _______
method is a short-cut to correct formula writing as long as we remember to
simplify our subscripts!

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Answer:

Metals, nonmetals, negative, gained lost, cation, anion, criss-cross

Step-by-step explanation:

I'm taking this in Chemistry at the moment, so I know this.

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