Question

100 POINTS+BRAINLIEST: How do you balance a chemical equation step by step? Please explain in simple language, give definitions to complex words and provide some rules to remember when balancing the equations. Use C3H8+O2—> H2O+CO2 as an example. THANKS SO MUCH!!!

Answer 1

Answer:

list all the elements.

you need to find a number to multiply both sides to get the same result.

example: I said on the left side: 5×O2 which is 10. on the right side I do the same to get 10.

In order to do this I said: 4×H2O which is 8 H2,and 4 O.

I then said 3×CO2 which gives 3 C and 6 O2. 6+4=10.

Now Oxygen(O) is balanced. Do the same for the rest of the elements.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Let's use

• C3H8+O2—»H2O+CO2

Calculate atoms on both sides

On reactant side

• C=3
• H=8
• O=2

On product

• H=2
• O=3
• C=1

Now balance both sides by making atoms equal

The balanced one is

• C3H8+5O2—»3H_2O+4CO_2