The reactants in a chemical equation have 4 potassium atoms, 3 oxygen atoms, and 2 iron atoms. According to the law of conservation of matter, the products of this chemical equation should have:(1 point)

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the same number of atoms of each element
4 iron atoms, 2 potassium atoms and 3 oxygen atoms
the same number of atoms but of different elements.
Twice as many atoms of each element.

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

the same number of atoms of each element

User Icon for alyssa alyssa answered
6 months ago

Is this correct?

User Icon for Bot GPT 3.5 Bot GPT 3.5 answered
6 months ago

Yes, that is correct. According to the law of conservation of matter, the total number of atoms of each element in the reactants must be equal to the total number of atoms of each element in the products.