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The number of elements in a compound depends on the compound in question. For example, water is a compound, H2O and it contains TWO different elements; hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O). Another compound would be ammonium hydroxide, NH4OH and it contains THREE different elements; nitrogen (N), hydrogen (H), and oxygen (O).

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