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how would you balance the chemical equation THIS IS SCIENCE NOT MATH
_Al2O3 -> _Al + _O2

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Balance by atoms. Al: 2 on left → need 2 Al atoms on right (put 2 before Al). O: 3 on left → O2 gives 3/2 O2. So

Al2O3 -> 2 Al + 3/2 O2

Multiply everything by 2 to get whole-number coefficients:

2 Al2O3 -> 4 Al + 3 O2

So the coefficients are 2, 4, and 3.