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A certain compound is made up of one phosphorus (P) atom, three fluorine (F) atoms, and one oxygen (O) atom. What is the chemical formula of this compound? Note: You will need the periodic table for this question. Express your answer as a chemical formula.

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[tex] PF_{3}O [/tex]

Answer: The chemical formula for the given compound is [tex]PF_3O[/tex]

Explanation:

We are given:

A chemical compound has 1 phosphorus atom (P), 3 fluorine atoms (F) and 1 oxygen atom (O).

The chemical formula will contain as many number of atoms, as the given ones.

Thus, the chemical formula for the given chemical compound is [tex]PF_3O[/tex]

This compound is named as phosphoryl fluoride.