Why during electrolytic decomposition of water we get Hydrogen:Oxygen ratio as 2:1?

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Electrolytic decomposition reaction for water is, $2 H_{2} O \to 2 H_{2} + O_{2}$
Now from the balanced reaction, we can see that there are 2 moles of hydrogen (H₂) and 1 mole of oxygen (O₂) produced.
Therefore it comes out to 2:1.

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