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If sodium has one valence electron and sulfur has six, how many sodium atoms are needed to form an ionic bond with sulfur?

ITS TWO

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Answer:

Its 2

Step-by-step explanation:

This compound has a central Sulfur atom surrounded by 4 Oxygens in a covalent bonds, with an overall charge of negative 2 and 2 Sodium atoms with a charge of positive one. Thus making the answer 2.

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Answer: two

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