Question

The reactants side of an equation is shown below. How many silver (Ag) atoms should the products side of the equation have?



2Ag2O -->

Answer 1

The reactant side of the equation contains 2 Ag2O molecules. Each Ag2O molecule contains 4 Ag atoms (2 Ag atoms for each Ag2O molecule). Therefore, the products side of the equation should have 8 Ag atoms.