Posted by Noel on Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 8:40pm.
You know the PO4 has a net charge of -3
by the rules, O is -2, so 4 of those makes O carry a total of -3
Finally, the rules state then the sum of the oxidation numbers equals the charge...
X-8=-3
solve for X
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