Question

The compound AlCl3 contains how many atoms?

Answer 1

Hi, do you know what the subscript-ed "3" means?

Answer 2

no what does it mean?

Answer 3

What do you think?

Answer 4

is it the number of atoms?

Answer 5

Ok, do you know what a water molecule looks like?

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

@Blaze that question's for yourmomskid

Answer 8

say it so I can correct your answer if you are wrong

Answer 9

1 hydrogen 2 oxygen

Answer 10

Water consists of 1 oxygen atom and 2 hydrogen atoms

Answer 11

aren't you talking about AlCl3

Answer 12

Yea, but yourmomskid, can you see how the number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms are expressed in its formula? Water is H2O, so it's telling us that there are two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom in one water molecule

Answer 13

Now looking at AlCl3, can you figure out how many atoms are in that molecule?

Answer 14

say it please

Answer 15

me?

Answer 16

4?

Answer 17

Bingo

Answer 18

yes you are correct

Answer 19

thanks for the help both of you

Answer 20

No probs :)

Answer 21

any time