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Please help y’all I don’t understand

Please help y’all I don’t understand-example-1

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2 electrons. hope you get it right !
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Answer:

2 electrons

Step-by-step explanation:

If you look at the periodic table, you will see that oxygen is in group 16. If you subtract 10 from 16, you will get 6 electrons, which means oxygen has 6 valence electrons. In order to become stable, you need 8 electrons. So add 2.

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