Please help this is due today! 5-11-2021 Observe the chemical reaction below, and identify if the equation is balanced or not. If it is not balanced, then what coefficient should you place for the reactants and products? Justify with scientific reasoning.

Mg + O2> MgO

Make sure to include the following details in your answer in complete sentences:

- Is the chemical reaction balanced?

- Is it following the law of conservation of mass, why is not following?

- What can you do to make sure that the equation becomes balanced and follow the law?

- The chemical reaction is not balanced. There is two oxygens on the reactant's side while there's only one oxygen on the products side.

- I would not say it's following the law of conservation of mass as it's not a balanced equation.

- To balance this equation, you would need to add the coefficient of '2' to Magnesium (Mg) on the reactants side, and add the coefficient of '2' to the products side.  This would make it so that there's 2 Mg's and 2 O's on both the reactant's side and products side.

edit: I hope this helped you in some way. ^^

first one is the correct answer

fe 55.85 g/mol and h2o 18.02 g/mol.