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Ferrous oxide has cubes structure and each edge of the unit cell is `5.0 Å` .Assuming of the oxide as `4.0g//cm^(3)` then the number of `Fe^(2+) and O^(2)` inos present in each unit cell will be

A

Four `Fe^(2+)` and four `O^(2-)`

B

Two `Fe^(2+)` and `O^(2-)`

C

Four `Fe^(2+)` and two `O^(2-)`

D

Three `Fe^(2+)` and three `O^(2-)`

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