Balance the equation: _HgO → _O2 + ___Hg

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Tank

13 July, 19:57

Balance the equation: _HgO → _O2 + ___Hg

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Tatiana · Answer 1

2HgO - > 1 O2 + 2Hg

remember first there's 2 oxygens so then you check the other side and make it 2 too. then you see that now there's 2Hg and then you put a 2 on the other side to make it 2Hg too. balancing is just making sure the number of elements on one side equal the other.

Balance the equation: ___HgO → ___O2 + ___Hg

Balance the equation: _HgO → _O2 + ___Hg