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Define the term formula?

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Chemical formula:
The formula of a substance is the symbolic representation of a chemical substance.
To write the formula of a chemical substance, the valency and the symbol of the various atoms or radicals present in it must be known.
For example, the chemical formula of sulphuric acid is $H_{2} {SO}_{4}$ .

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