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Which statement best represents the law of conservation of matter with regard to chemical reactions?(1 point)
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The reactants and products have the same number and type of atoms, but the atoms may be recombined.
The reactants and products have the same number and type of atoms, but the atoms may be recombined.

The reactants and products have the same number and type of atoms, and the atoms are not recombined.
The reactants and products have the same number and type of atoms, and the atoms are not recombined.

The reactants and products have different numbers of atoms, but the types of atoms are the same.
The reactants and products have different numbers of atoms, but the types of atoms are the same.

The reactants and products have different types of atoms, but the number of each atom is the same.

Answer 1

The best statement that represents the law of conservation of matter with regard to chemical reactions is:

The reactants and products have the same number and type of atoms, but the atoms may be recombined.

This statement accurately reflects the principle that during a chemical reaction, atoms are neither created nor destroyed, but they may be rearranged to form new substances.