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Q
Water is a compound and has the chemical symbol: (H2O)
In chemical symbols of compounds like water (H2O)…
* What do the letters tell you?
* What do the numbers tell you?
A
- The letters tell you the elements the compound is made of.
( H=Hydrogen, O=Oxygen) - The numbers tell you how many atoms of each element there are.
(ex. H2 has 2 atoms of Hydrogen)
