What is the oxidation number of CuNO3?

I know O3 is -6 but don't know how to figure out the values for Cu and N

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anor277
Mar 5, 2018

For #"copper(II) nitrate"#.....?

Explanation:

We assign oxidation numbers to the constituent atoms.

We got #Cu^(2+)# #+2xxNO_3^(-)#...

...for the nitrate ion, we formally got #N(+V)#...plus #3xxO(-II)#..

The weighted sum of the oxidation numbers is ZERO....

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