How is balancing a chemical reaction similar to taking inventory in a store?

The both must be balanced and every input must be accounted for at the output.

Explanation:

In taking inventory at the store, one must make sure that the total inventory is always balanced at the end of the inventory log (all stocks taking out must be accounted for in the end) so also is the chemical reaction in which the total reactants species atoms must equal the total product specie atoms.

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explanation:

"you start with 15.67 g mgco3-xh2o, when heated and all the water is removed, you are left with 7.58 g mgco3 only.

therefore, you had 15.67 - 7.58 = 8.09g h2o  

moles of each :

7.58g mgco3 = ? moles = 7.58g / 83.4g/mole = 0.09moles  

8 09g h2o = ? moles = 8.09g / 18g/mole = 0.44moles  

molar ratio between the two by dividing both numbers by the smallest number :

0.09 / 0.09 = 1  

0.44 / 0.09 = 4.8  

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