IN THIS FORMULA FOR WATER WHAT DOES THE SUBSCRIPT 2 INDICATE

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The chemical formular for water is H2O.
The H aspect of the formula stands for hydrogen gas and the subscript 2 which is attached to the H symbol signifies that two atoms of hydrogen are joined together, that is two atom of hydrogen are present.
The chemical formula of water indicates that, two atom of hydrogen react with one atom of oxygen to form one molecule of water.
In chemical formulae, subscripts are normally used to indicate the number of atoms that are present in a molecule.

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Answer:

43.7 °C

Explanation:

$\alpha_b$ = Coefficient of linear expansion of brass = $18\times 10^{-6}\ ^{\circ}C$

$\alpha_s$ = Coefficient of linear expansion of steel = $11\times 10^{-6}\ ^{\circ}C$

$L_{0b}$ = Initial length of brass = 31 cm

$L_{0s}$ = Initial length of steel = 11 m

$\Delta L$ = Total change in length = 3 mm

Total change in length would be

$\Delta L=\Delta L_b+\Delta L_s\\\Rightarrow \Delta L=L_{0b}\alpha_b\Delta T+L_{0s}\alpha_b\Delta T\\\Rightarrow \Delta T=\frac{\Delta L}{L_{0b}\alpha_b+L_{0s}\alpha_b}\\\Rightarrow \Delta T=\frac{0.003}{0.31\times 18\times 10^{-6}+11\times 10^{-6}\times 11}\\\Rightarrow \Delta T=23.7\ ^{\circ}C$