Question

Observe the restion given below where x and
y reacts with each other to form the product
X₂Y
2x+Y - X, Y​

Answer 1

X+Y→P

As X and Y both can not be broken down into simpler substances so they both are elements.

Also, X and Y always react in a fixed proportion and forms a compound P which does not show properties of X and Y.

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