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2CO + 2NO → 2CO2 + N2 is it balannced

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yes it is balanced

sometimes when i do it i will draw a line at the yeild sign and and writ out each element and see how many i have and go fromo there to see what i need to do to balance it

User Aneesh Narayanan
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If the same atoms appear on both sides, then it's balanced.

In this reaction, there are 4 Oxygens, 2 Carbons, and 2 Nitrogens on each side. So numerically, it's balanced. But I don't know enough chemistry to say whether the reaction is possible.

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