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State your claim. Make sure your claim fully describes how the chemical equation Cu + 2AgNO3 → Cu(NO3)2+ 2Ag explains what happens when copper reacts with silver nitrate.

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>Copper is more reactive than silver.
>When copper reacts with AgNO3, Cu displaces Ag from AgNO3, forming Cu(NO3)2.
>It's a displacement reaction as well as redox reaction.
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