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posted by  AVH6215 on 10/25/2008 11:29:06 PM  |  status: Closed  

Balanced Equation

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I tried balancing this, but i don't know if the charge is correctly balanced
 
 
Balanced (I think)
 
 
If its not correct, show me how to do it
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posted by Arcanum on 10/26/2008 12:24:19 AM  |  status: Live
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AVH6215's comment:
"Thanks so much for the help you rock and the trick really helps, never learned it before. Thanks"
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Ok, looking back at this, you did a lot of work on this and this makes sense. I had to redo the problem just to make sure but danm looks good. My reasoning behind it, or how I like to balance problems is that I write down all element involed.
Like so...
 
 K
 Cl
 O
 Fe
 H
 S
 
and I balance the equation on both sides of the formula, like this is how it would be properly set up at the end and how I check to see if yours is correct.
 
7 K 7
7 Cl 7
33 O 33
2 Fe 2
6 H 6
3 S 3
 
The tricky part of this balance is the Oxygen, its just all over the place and to keep track of that is a slight hassel, but I would say this looks good, and I hope the little trick I did helps you in further balancing. (I think most teachers show it to do it this way, but who knows its always good to show again.) I hope this helps out a bit, and good work btw, the problem is a long one for a balancing. :+)
Pffhh, if I knew everything, I would spend my entire time on here answering questions, but until then ill spend my entire time on here asking questions... :+)
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