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How to Write the Formula for Dihydrogen dioxide

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For Dihydrogen dioxide use the hints and resources below to help write the formula.

Hint for Writing the Formula for Dihydrogen dioxide

Two non-metals = molecular. So we'll prefixes here to figure out the number of each type of element.

mono di tri tetra penta hexa hepta octa non dec
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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