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Chemical formula of ammonium phosphate is:

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NH3PO4
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NH4PO4
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(NH4)3PO4
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NH4(PO4)3
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Solution

The correct option is C (NH4)3PO4
The first step is to write the symbol of the ions with the positive or negative charge upon it.

Ammonium ion is represented as NH+4 ion and phosphate ion is represented as PO34 ion.

The second steps involves interchanging the numbers indicating the charge of the ions.

Therefore for ammonium ion it will be 3 and for phosphate ion, it will be 1.

Now after simplifying to the smallest whole number , the chemical formula will be (NH4)3PO4.

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