Question

If you were to burn a candle inside of a closed jar and the mass of the

closed jar and candle was 50 grams to begin with, what would the mass of
the jar and smoke be after the candle is done burning?

Answer 1

50g

Step-by-step explanation:

At the end of the burning process, the mass of the jar and smoke should be 50g after the candle burning is done.

In most systems, the law of conservation of matter finds expression. According to this law "matter is neither created nor destroyed but atoms are rearranged".

In this kind of system, no matter is allowed to escaped and the starting mass of the reactants compared to that of the product will be the same.