Posted by Patel on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 9:32am.
You need to rephrase the question for it makes no sense as it stands. First, the oxidation state of Cl is not -5 but it is -1. With Na as +1 and Cl as -1, the formula for NaCl should be (and is) NaCl.
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