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The oxidation number of the suplhur atoms in peroxomonosuplhuric acid (H_(2)SO_(5)) and peroxodisuphuirc acid (H_(2)S_(2)O_(8)) are respectively

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`+8 and +7`
`+3 and +3`
`+6 and +6`
`+4 and +6`

Solution :`H-O-O-overset(O)overset(||)S underset(O)underset(||)-OH`
peroxomonosulphuric acid
1+2(-)+x+2(-2)+(-2)+1=0or x =+6
`HO-overset(O)overset(||)underset(O)underset(||)S-OH`
peroxodisuplhuric acid
1+1(-2)+x+2(-2)+2(-1)+x+2(-2)+1(-2)+1=0 or x +6


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