A student draws a picture of the products and reactants of a chemical reaction. What, if anything, is wrong with the drawing?
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The complete question is: A student draws a picture of the products and reactants of a chemical reaction. What, if anything, is wrong with the drawing?
A) The drawing is wrong because there are more chemicals on the products side.
B) The drawing is correct because there are 12 compounds on each side of the arrow.
C) The drawing is wrong because there are different compounds on each side of the arrow.
D) The drawing is correct because there are 12 atoms of each type on each side of the arrow.
Answer:
Option D is correct
Explanation:
In the diagram attached below, it can be seen that there are 12 atoms of element which combine with 12 atoms of another element forming a compound. For the drawing to be correct, there should be 12 atoms of each type of element on both the reactants as well as product side, which is the case. There cannot be imbalance in the number of atoms of different elements on the two sides for a chemical reaction to occur.
Hence, option D is correct.
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Refer to the diagram shown below.
Define the unit vector i to point in the eastern direction, and the unit vector j to point in the northern direction.
The first distance is 184 m west. It is represented by
d₁ = -184 i
The second distance is 220 m at 30° south of east. It is
d₂ = 220(cos 30° i - sin 30° j) = 190.53 i - 110 j
The third distance is 104 m at 80 east of north. It is
d₃ = 104(sin 80° i + cos 80° j) = 102.42 i + 18.06 j
Let the fourth distance be
d₄ = a i + b j
Because the traveler ends back at the original position, the vector sum of the distances is zero. It means that each component of the vector sum is zero.
The x-component yields
-184 + 190.53 + 102.42 + a = 0
a = -108.95
The y-component yields
0 - 110 + 18.06 + b = 0
b = 91.94
The magnitude of the fourth displacement is
√[(-108.95)² + 91.94² ] = 142.56 m
The direction is at an angle θ north of west, given by
θ = tan⁻¹ (91.94/108.95) = 40.2°
Answer:
The fourth displacement has a magnitude of 142.56 m. It is about 40° north of west.
Define the unit vector i to point in the eastern direction, and the unit vector j to point in the northern direction.
The first distance is 184 m west. It is represented by
d₁ = -184 i
The second distance is 220 m at 30° south of east. It is
d₂ = 220(cos 30° i - sin 30° j) = 190.53 i - 110 j
The third distance is 104 m at 80 east of north. It is
d₃ = 104(sin 80° i + cos 80° j) = 102.42 i + 18.06 j
Let the fourth distance be
d₄ = a i + b j
Because the traveler ends back at the original position, the vector sum of the distances is zero. It means that each component of the vector sum is zero.
The x-component yields
-184 + 190.53 + 102.42 + a = 0
a = -108.95
The y-component yields
0 - 110 + 18.06 + b = 0
b = 91.94
The magnitude of the fourth displacement is
√[(-108.95)² + 91.94² ] = 142.56 m
The direction is at an angle θ north of west, given by
θ = tan⁻¹ (91.94/108.95) = 40.2°
Answer:
The fourth displacement has a magnitude of 142.56 m. It is about 40° north of west.