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This reaction supports the Law of Conservation of Mass (hint: is the equation balanced?):

2KOH ® K20 + H2O True or
False

This reaction supports the Law of Conservation of Mass (hint: is the equation balanced-example-1
User Tdracz
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Answer:

False

Step-by-step explanation:

Left:

K = 2 atoms

O = 1 atoms

H = 1 atoms

Right:

K = 2 atoms

O = 1 atoms

H = 2 atoms

O = 1 atoms

As you can see both sides do not have the same amount of atoms, therefore it is not balanced.

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