If red spheres represent oxygen atoms, blue spheres represent nitrogen atoms, and all the molecules are gases,
b. write a balanced equation for the reaction.

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If red spheres represent oxygen atoms, blue spheres represent nitrogen atoms, and all the molecules are gases,

b. write a balanced equation for the reaction.

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Hello. In this problem, we are asked to consider the reaction depicted in the following diagram, the pink spheres represent iodine atoms. While the green spheres represent chlorine atoms, we are asked to provide the balanced reaction equation and assume that all molecules are in the gaseous form. Looking at our reactants, we have I two. So we have two iodine molecules bound to one another. So we have molecular iodine and we have C L two, we have molecular chlorine, we have two chlorine atoms chemically bound to one another. And on the product side, we have one iodine attached to three chlorine. And so we have iodine trichloride on the product side, writing our chemical reaction and looking at our diagrams, we have two molecules of iodine in the gaseous state plus six molecules of chlorine in the gaseous state react to form, then form molecules of iodine trichloride also in the gas state. So we can simplify this by factoring out A two, all of our coefficients in doing. So we have one molecule of iodine reacts to three molecules of chlorine to form two molecules of iodine trichloride rewriting this with the proper coefficients. We have one molecule of iodine reacts to three molecules of chlorine. Give us two molecules of iodine trichloride and are reacting the products are all in the gaseous state. This reaction then corresponds with answer. B thanks for watching. I hope this helped.

If red spheres represent oxygen atoms, blue spheres represent nitrogen atoms, and all the molecules are gases,

b. write a balanced equation for the reaction.

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