In each term equation below a blank line shows one term missing the terms may be an elemental symbol a coefficient or a subscript decide which term would balance the equation write the missing term in the second column the. Determine the reactants third column and products forth column of the reaction some reactions may have only one reactant or product and other reactions may have only one reactant or product and other reactions may have multiple reactants or products write your answers in the spaces in the table the first reaction involves sodium chloride not sodium carbon and iodine