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How can a periodic table help a chemist write the chemical name of a compound from its chemical formula?
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by determining the subscripts
by determining the subscripts

by determining the number of atoms
by determining the number of atoms

by determining the prefixes
by determining the prefixes

by identifying the elements
by identifying the elements

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
by identifying the elements

The periodic table gives the element symbols and names (and common charges/oxidation states), so from a formula a chemist can tell which elements are present and how to name their ions — the subscripts/prefixes and atom counts come from the formula itself.