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Hello,

I am just doing the University of Waterloo's 2003 Avogadro Exam for studying for my chemistry exam, and I am having some trouble with the following question.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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1. To precipitate Ag⁺ from an aqueous solution, one could add:

a) HNO₃
b) NaNO₃
c) NH₃
d) Zn(NO₃)₂
e) NaCl

I am not sure how to solve this problem. I looked at the Activity Series and found that all the metals in choices A-E can displace Ag⁺.

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1. To precipitate Ag⁺ from an aqueous solution, one could add:

What do you need to look up to predict a precipitation?