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Mercury(I) chloride, Hg2Cl2, is written with the subscripts 2 because there are 2 mercury atoms and 2 chloride ions in each molecule. Writing it as 2HgCl would imply that there are 2 mercury atoms but only 1 chloride ion, which is incorrect based on the actual chemical composition of the compound.

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