What is the correct formula of a compound that has ten oxygen atoms and four phosporus atoms?

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The correct formula of a compound that has ten oxygen atoms and four phosphorus atoms will be $P_{4} O_{10}$ (tetra phosphorus decoxide)

Chemical element symbols, numbers, and other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas, plus as well as minus signs, are used to represent the chemical quantities of the atoms that make up a certain chemical compound and molecule.

It is given that the number of P atom is 4 and 10 oxygen . Decoxide mean

any oxide with ten oxygen molecules per molecule.

Typically, a molecular molecule consists of two or even more nonmetal components. Molecular compounds are characterized by employing the stem of the primary element's term plus the suffix -ide, followed by the second element. The count of atoms in a molecule is specified using numerical prefixes.

Therefore, The correct formula of a compound that has ten oxygen atoms and four phosphorus atoms will be $P_{4} O_{10}$ (tetra phosphorus decoxide)

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The rules for naming of alkanes with substituents.

1. The carbon chain with the maximum number of carbon atoms must be selected as a parent chain.

2.Numbering should be done in such a way that each substituent gets the least number.

3. Substituents whose name comes before the another substituents's name in the English alphabet is written first.

4. Substituents are written first with their location in the chain and the name of the parent chain is done. Numbers are separated from numbers by comma and numbers are separated from letters by using hyphen.

Considering (a) 3,6-dimethylheptane

Violation of Rule - 2 mentioned above

The numbering of the parent chain is not done in a right way. Numbering must be done such that each substituent gets the least number. So, The correct name is 2,5-dimethylheptane

Considering (b) 2-ethyl-3-methylheptane

Violation of Rule - 1 mentioned above.

The carbon chain with the maximum number of carbon atoms must be selected as a parent chain. The parent chain selected is of 7 carbon atoms but the parent chain is of 8 carbon atoms. So, The correct name is 3,4-dimethyloctane

Considering (c) 5-methyl-3-ethylheptane

Violation of Rule - 3 mentioned above.

'e' comes before 'm' . So, ethyl- is written first than methyl- . So, The correct name is 3,6-dimethyloctane

Considering (d) 4-ethyl-4-methylheptane

This is a IUPAC name and following all the rules mentioned above.