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Can someone please teach how to do this .

Can someone please teach how to do this .-example-1
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Answer:

Explanation:

Let's take for example the first one Al(C2H2O2)

If there is no subscript under the number, the amount of atoms is 1

If we have a subscript, as in this case, the subscript is the number of atoms.

In the example above, there is 1 atom of Aluminium, two of Carbon, two of Hydrogen and 2 of Oxygen. If you have parenthesis and number before them, e.g., 4(Al2O3), you just multiply the parenthesis by the number in front of them, which means 4*2=8 aluminium atoms, 3*4=12 oxygen atoms, the same applies if the number is subscript behind the parenthesis like in fourth example.

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