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27 March, 20:13

What's the easiest way to balance equations in chemistry?

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  1. 27 March, 20:42
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    Honestly? Try putting the elements on each side of the reaction and count how many you have and how many you need to balance it for example:

    CH4 + O2 = > H2O + CO2

    Reactants:

    1 C

    4 H

    2 O

    Products:

    1 C

    2 H

    3 O

    So basically what you do now ... you see that you have one carbon on each side but 4 hydrogen on recatants side and 2 hydrogen on the products side, so you need to multiply the water molecule by 2 to get the 4 hydrogens. Now because you multiplied (put coefficient 2 in front of it) the oxygen in h20 is now 2 oxygens right? So now you have 4 oxygens on the product side and 2 on the reactant side so in the reactant side, y più multiply it by 2 to get 4 oxygens.
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