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Imagine a planet with an atmosphere that contains O2 and SO2 but no CO2. The chemical composition of the minerals you would expect to find the alkaline earth metals on such a planet is/ are:

A
MSO4
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M2SO3
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C
MSO3
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M2SO4
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Solution

The correct options are
A MSO4
C MSO3
SO2 and O2 forms SO24 & SO23 ions and the alkaline earth metals have M+2
So it forms MSO4 and MSO3
Hence options A & C are correct.

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