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Interpretation:
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A reaction is said to be balanced if the number of atoms for each element on reactants side is equal to the number of atoms for each element on product side of a reaction.
Answer to Problem 94A
A reaction is balanced only if the number of atoms for each element of reactants are equal to the number of atoms for each element on product side.
Explanation of Solution
Let us discuss the balancing process of a chemical equation with the help of a reaction which is given below
so, The balanced equation is
Explanation:
Left side Right side
Now we start balancing the easiest element such as
Left side Right side
Now equation becomes
Now we balancing the H atom
Left side Right side
So, finally the given equation is balanced
Hence, in this way a given equation becomes balanced.
The proportion of water and phosphoric acid are 4 and 1 after the balancing process.
A balanced chemical equation takes place when the number of different atoms of elements in the reactants side is equal to that of the product side.
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