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Subscripts in chemical formulas...?

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What is the purpose of a subscript in a chemical formula?

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  1. It tells you how many of a given atom are present in the compound.  H2O (with the 2 being a subscript, naturally) contains 2 hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom (we could, but don't, write 1 when there is only one...).

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