Question

in which chemical equation is the number of atoms in the reactants, the same as the number of atoms in the products?

a. Li2CO3 > LiO + CO2
b. CH4 + O2 > CO2 + 2H2O
c. Zen + 2HCI > H2 + ZnCI2
d. CO2 + H2O > CH2OH + O2

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

The correct answer is b. CH4 + O2 > CO2 + 2H2O. In this equation, the number of atoms of each element is the same on both sides of the arrow. There are 1 carbon, 4 hydrogen, and 2 oxygen atoms in both the reactants and the products.