Question 8 • IA-Chemistry A Survey of Chemistry A
In a chemical formula, a subscript shows how many atoms of the element immediately before it are present. CO₂ has no subscript after C, so it contains one carbon atom; the subscript 2 after O means it contains two oxygen atoms. Therefore, CO₂ is made of one atom of carbon and two atoms of oxygen.
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