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Magnesium hydroxide reacts with nitric acid to produce magnesium nitrate and water. Mg(OH)2+2HNO3→Mg(NO3)2+2H2O In one to two sentences, explain how because this chemical equation is balanced, it demonstrates that matter is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction. Please make your answer simple, coherent, and intended for 9th grade.

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The balanced equation has the same number of each atom on both sides (1 Mg, 2 N, 8 O, and 4 H), which shows the atoms are just rearranged to make new substances — none are created or destroyed — so matter is conserved.