[EvelynLatina]

okay word equations now can u solve it into the scientific way?:confused:

Aluminum bromide plus chlorine yield aluminum chloride and bromine

[Perito]

First, look up the molecular formulas for the following. I'll do the first, you do the rest.

Aluminum Bromide -
Chlorine
Aluminum Chloride
Bromine

Once you have that, put a double-headed arrow between the reactants (put on the left side) and the products (put on the right side). Put "+" signs between them. Once you have that written down, you proceed to balance the equation.

For example, if I had the following "word problem"

sodium bicarbonate plus hydrochloric acid react to form sodium chloride, water, and carbon dioxide

I would do the following

sodium bicarbonate =
hydrochloric acid =
sodium chloride =
water =
carbon dioxide =

then



I can see that I have two sodiums on the left, so I put two on the right



Now, I need two chlorines on the left, so it becomes



Interestingly, that gives me two hydrogens that I need for the water, and the carbons and oxygens also are balanced, so the work is done.