Answer:
According to conservation of matter, there should be equal amounts of all elements on both the reactant and product side.
Reactant:
1 Ca
1 C
1 O
Product:
1 Ca
1 C
3 O
Therefore, your friend is right because the law of conservation of matter is not followed in this chemical equation.
Explanation:
A gauge records the pressure over atmospheric pressure (0kpa on the gauge is actually the atmospheric pressure and a reading of 276kpa is 276kpa over atmospheric pressure). That means that means that to find absolute pressure you just add atmospheric pressure (around 1atm (101kpa)) to 286kpa to get 387kpa. I hope this helps.
Combustion is the reaction
