Question #10cd1
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The equation is not balanced. Lets look at how you can tell...
The underlying principle here is the Law of Conservation of Matter. Since matter cannot be created nor destroyed, there must be the same number of atoms of each element before the reaction as there are after the reaction.Looking at your equation,
In order to balance it, there must be more Na represented on the right hand side. To show more Na, you may only change the coefficient in front of it. By changing it to be a 2 instead of a 1, the equation now looks like this...
I am not sure if you needed to actually balance it or not, but hope this helps.