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How many reactants and products are present in a double-replacement reaction?

one reactant and two products

one reactant and one product

two reactants and two products

two reactants and one product

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Answer:

2 reactants and 2 products. All are compounds

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Answer : The correct option is, two reactants and two products.

Explanation :

Double replacement reaction : It is a type of chemical reaction in which a positive cation and a negative anion of two reactants exchange their places to form two new products.

It is represented as,


XY+AB\rightarrow XB+AY

(X and A are the cations, Y and B are the anions)

For example : Barium chloride react with magnesium sulfate to give barium sulfate and magnesium chloride as a product.

The balanced chemical reaction will be:


BaCl_2+MgSO_4\rightarrow MgCl_2+BaSO_4

From this we conclude that, there are two reactants and two products are present in a double-replacement reaction.

Hence, the correct option is, two reactants and two products.

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