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What type of reaction is HCl + AgNO3?

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Double-displacement reaction
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Answer:

Double-displacement reaction

Explanation:

In double-displacement reaction, aka. double-replacement reaction, the cation of one compound is swapped with the cation of another. They have the general structure:

AB + CD ---> AD + CB

In this case, the silver cation (Ag⁺) from AgNO₃ is swapped with the hydrogen cation (H⁺) of HCl.

The complete balanced equation is:

HCl + AgNO₃ ---> AgCl + HNO₃

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