Question

How would you balance the combustion reaction between octane and oxygen: 2C8H18 + O2 → CO2 + H2O?

Answer 1

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Balancing the combustion reaction between octane and oxygen

C8H18 + O2 =》CO2 + H2O⤵⤵

By taking number of molecules in products side and reactants side.

When they will be equal then,the equation is balanced.

Balanced equation⤵

2C8H18 + 25O2 =》 16CO2 + 18H20.

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