Which type of chemical formula/model provides the most information about a given substance? (a) All of these provide the same amount of information; they just depict the substances in different ways (b) Structural Formula (i.e. Lewis Structure) (c) Empirical Formula (d) Ball-and-stick model (e) Molecular Formul

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Which type of chemical formula/model provides the most information about a given substance?

(a) All of these provide the same amount of information; they just depict the substances in different ways
(b) Structural Formula (i.e. Lewis Structure)
(c) Empirical Formula
(d) Ball-and-stick model
(e) Molecular Formula
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