What does the Law of Conservation of Mass state?

Matter is neither created or destroyed in a chemical reaction, only rearranged.

The total mass of all of the reactants prior to a chemical reaction must equal the total mass of all the products after the reaction.

Matter cannot be rearranged during a chemical reaction.

The total mass of reactants prior to a chemical reaction is greater that the mass of the product due to the release of energy.

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The Law of Conservation of Mass states that the total mass of all of the reactants prior to a chemical reaction must equal the total mass of all the products after the reaction. This means that matter is neither created nor destroyed in a chemical reaction; it is only rearranged. Thus, the correct choice among the options you provided is:

The total mass of all of the reactants prior to a chemical reaction must equal the total mass of all the products after the reaction.