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Q. The oxidation state of nitrogen in $NO^{-}_{3}$ is

Redox Reactions

Solution:

$\overset{x-2}{NO^{-}_{3}}$ i.e., $1 (x) +3(-2)=-1$
$\Rightarrow x=+6-1=+5$