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Answer 1 · 2017-02-11T01:03:10

An ionic compound.

Explanation:

Copper(II) acetate is an ionic compound made up of copper(II) cations, ${Cu}^{2 +}$ $"Cu"^(2+)$ , and acetate anions, ${CH}_{3} {COO}^{-}$ $"CH"_3"COO"^(-)$ .

Notice that the copper(II) cations have a $2 +$ $2+$ charge and that the acetate anions have a $1 -$ $1-$ .

This tells you that in order to balance the overall positive charge coming from the cation, you need two acetate anions for every $1$ $1$ copper(II) cations.

The chemical formula for copper(II) acetate will thus be

$Cu {({CH}_{3} COO)}_{2} \to$ $"Cu"("CH"_3"COO")_2 ->$ copper(II) acetate

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