Table salt used in cooking contain sodium chloride $(NaCl)$ in it, which is a ______.

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Solution

The correct option is B compound
A compound contains atoms of two or more elements, chemically combined with each other, in a fixed ratio.
Sodium chloride (NaCl) is made up of equal parts of two elements, sodium and chlorine. Hence, it is a compound.

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