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Reactants undergo chemical reaction to form products. This chemical equation represents one such reaction. The coefficient for one of the reactants or products is incorrect. Which part of the chemical equation is incorrect?

Reactants undergo chemical reaction to form products. This chemical equation represents-example-1

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Answer:

10H2O

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got it correct on my pretest

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Answer:

The part of 10 O2 is wrong.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct equation can be written as follows:

2 C 4 H 10 + 13 O 2 → 8 C O 2 + 10 H 2 O

The equation was not balanced before.

For a balanced chemical reaction, the number of atoms before and after the reaction should be the same. This is because matter is neither created not destroyed in a reaction, It changes from one form to another through chemical reactions.

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