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The definition of a limiting reactant can be summarized as:

The definition of a limiting reactant can be summarized as:-example-1
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

Here, we want to get the correct answer choice

The limiting reactant is the reactant that gets used up and that dictates the amount of products we can have

Take for example, we want to build a car, and we have 5 steering wheels but 100 tyres

A car needs 1 steering wheel and 4 tyres. Thus, the number of steering wheels will determine the number of possible cars produced

The steering wheel is thus the limiting reactant

The correct answer choice is that the reactant that is usede up is the limiting reactant

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