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Given that the formula of the compound is Fe2O3, if a coefficient of 2 is placed in front of the formula, that is, if we write 2Fe2O3 . Then;

The number of Fe atoms becomes 2 *2 = 4

The number of oxygen atoms becomes 2*3 = 6

That is why the total number of iron atoms were written down as 4.

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The person writes a coefficient of 2 in front of Fe2O3 but then writes a 4 for the number of iron (Fe) atoms. Explain this difference.

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