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What are the three elements found in a molecule of calcium carbonate? Give their atomic numbers and chemical symbols. How many atoms of each are found in one molecule of calcium carbonate?

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Calcium carbonate is CaCO3.
So there is calcium, symbol is Ca and an atomic number of 20.
Carbon: symbol is C and an atomic number of 6.
Oxygen: symbol is O and an atomic number of 8.
In one molecule of CaCO3, there is one atom of Ca, one atom of C, and three atoms of O as shown by the subscript next to O in the formula. There are no other subscripts to indicate more than one atom of the other elements, so there is only one atom of the other two elements
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