Question

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Carbon have connectivity of 4 and Oxygen have connectivity of 2. then Carbon Dioxide became

C O
-4 -2


after criscrossing became C2O4


but Carbon dioxide is CO2

Answer 1

This is because the valencies are reduced to simplest form. That is C2O4 becomes CO2 after dividing each valency by 2.