Which of the equations below represents the correct balanced equation?
a. mg (s) + hcl (aq) --> mgcl2 (aq) + h2 (g)

b. mg (s) + 2hcl (aq) --> mgcl2 (aq) + h2 (g)

c. 2mg (s) + hcl (aq) --> mgcl2 (aq) + h2 (g)

d. 2mg (s) + 2hcl (aq) --> mgcl2 (aq) + h2 (g)

answer is b

In order to balance out the equation, you bed to double the amount of H atoms you have and the number of CL atoms. to do this you put a 2 infrount of the HCL

the correct answer is option d

explanation:

i was wrong its d because they dont use cm when calculating square roots

alkaline metals are lithium, sodium, rubidium, potassium, cesium and francium.

alkali metals have electronegativity from 0.7 to 1, lowest in periodic table of elements, which means that alkali metals (i group in periodic table) has positive oxidation number in compounds.

electronegativity is a chemical property that describes the tendency of an atom to attract a shared pair of electrons towards itself.

alkaline metals (far left in main group) have lowest ionizations energy and easy remove valence electrons,

for example, potassium is the alkali metal and has a single valence electron in the outer electron shell.

electron configuration of potassium is: ₁₉k 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s¹.

they can not exist alone in nature, because they are very reactive.