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Can somebody please balance this !?!

Can somebody please balance this !?!-example-1

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O2 + 2CO = 2CO2. That should be it
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\mathrm{CO}_2 has 2 oxygens for every carbon.
\mathrm{CO} will contribute one of each for every molecule. You then have to have an even multiple of
\mathrm{CO} molecules to not end up with an odd number of oxygens.

So if you take
2\mathrm{CO}, you should end up with 2 carbons on the RHS.
2\mathrm{CO}_2 then has 4 oxygens. 2 of them are already accounted for, so you just need one
\mathrm O_2 to balance out the reaction.


1\mathrm O_2+2\mathrm{CO}\Rightarrow2\mathrm{CO}_2
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