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Based on the image below, which item is your limiting reactant?(A) Ice cream scoopB) Cone(C) Cherry

Based on the image below, which item is your limiting reactant?(A) Ice cream scoopB-example-1
User Marek Szmalc
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According to the image, we can say that to form an ice cream unit you need 1 scoop of ice cream, 1 cone, and 1 cherry. In other words, the ratio between all the reactants is 1 to 1. Therefore, the limiting reactant will be the one with the least number of units.

If we count the amount of each of the reactants we have:

• 10 scoops of ice cream

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• 7 cones

,

• 12 cherries

In less quantity are the cones, that is to say, that at most we can assemble 7 ice creams. Therefore, the limiting reactant will be the cone.

Answer: (B) Cone

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