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H2o is water.

h - hydrogen

o - oxygen

(H2) 2 atoms of hydrogen. (O) 1 atom of oxygen.

The "2" describes how many atoms of that substance there are - it shows that there are 2 hydrogen atoms. There is no "1" for o, or oxygen, because without a number, we automatically know that there is 1 atom, and not, say, six.

This may sound confusing, but it works out.

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