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When sodium thisolphate is treated with dilute hydrochlorixc acid sulphut dioxide gas is evolved along with simultaneous deposition of elemental sulhur what does this reaction indicate about the oxidation number of the two suplhur atoms ? Also write the structure of thiossulphate ion

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`Na_(2)SO_(3)+2HCIrarr2NaCI+SO_(2)+S+H_(2)O`
This reaction indicates that the two S atoms have different oxidation number
applying the gernal rules of determing oxidation numbr the structure of `S_(2)O_(3)^(2-)` ion is
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