Look at the formulas for sulfate and sulfite, nitrate and nitrite, or phosphate and phosphite, What differences do you see?
Select one:
a. An ion ending in -ite has one less oxygen than its counterpart ion ending -ate,
O b. The charges are different between an ion ending in -ate and its paired counterpart ending in -ite.
O c. There is no difference between an ion ending in -ate and its paired counterpart ending in -ite.