Predict the Formula of the Compound Formed When Ions of Sodium

question 86

Multiple Choice

Predict the formula of the compound formed when ions of sodium and sulfur combine.

• A)Na₂S
• B)NaS₂
• C)NaS
• D)Na₂S₂
• E)Na₃S

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Definitions:

Bootstrapping

A statistical method that resamples a single dataset to create many simulated samples, used in assessing the precision of sample estimates.

Resamples

The practice of repeatedly drawing samples from a given dataset with the intention of estimating a population parameter.

With Replacement

Sampling with replacement is a method where each selected unit is returned to the population before the next unit is selected, allowing it to be possibly chosen more than once.

Bootstrapping Method

A resampling technique used in statistics to estimate the distribution of a statistic by sampling with replacement from the original dataset.