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What type of reaction is shown below?
Ca + 2H2O - Ca(OH)2 + H2

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Answer:

Single Replacement

Step-by-step explanation:

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A + BC ---> AB + C
So here one reactant (A) is accepting a group which is being given by another compound (BC) however the A is not giving any group / element or ion
So this single displacement
Similarly in the given reaction
the anion OH- is only being replaced
The element Ca accepts OH- and H2O loses the same group to form new element H2
So the correct answer is
Single replacement also known as single displacement.
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