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    Feb 17, 2011, 11:34 AM
    How do you balance out chemical equations?
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    Feb 18, 2011, 06:58 AM

    You count the number of atoms on the left and the right side of the equation and make sure that they are equal. If not, then you make use of numbers that you put in front of a compound and recount everything over again, until the number of atoms on the left is equal to that on the right.

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