Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide react to produce water and sodium chloride in an endothermic reaction. Which statement must be true of the reaction?
-The total bond energy of water and sodium chloride is greater than the total bond energy of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.
-The bond energy used to break the bonds in hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide is less than the energy released to form the bonds in water and sodium chloride.
-More bond energy is absorbed on the reactants side than is released on the products side.
-The energy of each bond in water and sodium chloride is greater than the energy of each bond in hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.
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More bond energy is absorbed on the reactants side than is released on the products side.
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