Question

Barium nitrate has the formula Ba(NO3)2. Which statement is true about barium nitrate?

Each molecule contains four different elements.
Each molecule contains three atoms.
Each molecule contains seven different bonds.
Each molecule contains six oxygen atoms.

Answer 1

What do you think it is?

Answer 2

I think it might be B but I suck at this soo im unsure

Answer 3

How many elements are there?

Answer 4

2 or 3?

Answer 5

Ba = Barium
N = Nitrogen
O = oxygen

Answer 6

there are not 4 elements but 3

Answer 7

can you count the number of atoms?

Answer 8

noo >.<

Answer 9

just try how many oxygen atoms are there?

Answer 10

3?

Answer 11

\[(NO _{3})2\]

See that 2 outside of the brackets? it means that you multiply all the atoms by whatever that number it is in this case it is 2. so how many atoms of Nitrogen and Oxygen would there be?

Answer 12

There would be 6

Answer 13

yes that's it

Answer 14

and that's how you do it. so there would be 2 nitrogen atoms and 6 oxygen atoms

Answer 15

Thank youu so muchh

Answer 16

no problem anytime

Answer 17

seven different bonds also doesn't make sense