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Neporo4naja [7]
3 years ago
6

Why should you not change the subscripts in chemical formulas when balancing chemical equations?

Chemistry
1 answer:
antiseptic1488 [7]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:because the chemical formula is vital to the equation it tells you what creates the chemical and whats in it you can change the exponents but not the formula itself

Explanation:

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