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Rubidium reacts with a certain element to form a compound with the general formula Rb2X. What...

Rubidium reacts with a certain element to form a compound with the general formula Rb2X. What would the most likely formula be for the compound formed between aluminum and element X?

______Al2X
______Ak2X3
_______ Al2X2
_______ AlX2

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The Valency of Rb is 1 and it is forming Rb2X

It means that the Valency of X is 2.

So to Satisfy this Valency with Aluminium, the formula should be Al2X3.

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