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When balancing an equation, can you change the subscripts of your products? Or do you have to add coefficients?
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When balancing an equation, can you change the subscripts of your products? Or do you have to add coefficients?

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add coefficients. changing the subscript would change the entire chemicals in the equation, while changing the coefficients just changes the amount.

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