How many grams of magnesium chloride should be produced by the single displacement reaction between 0.578 grams of magnesium metal and an excess hydrochloric acid?

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See your other post on Al and O2.
I want to make sure I have the correct double replacement formula.
would it be
HNO3 + Al2O3 ---> Al(NO3)3 + H3O?
wrong formula, would it be...
MgCl2 ---> Mg + HCl
reverse that and balance.
Mg + 2HCl ==> MgCl2.