[scimitar91]

I need to know the state symbols for the following equation. Can anyone figure them out? I need them tonight.

HNO3(aq) + NaHCO3(?) = NaNO3(?) + H2O(l?) + CO2(g i assume)

[Arkcon]

Well, filling in the state of those compounds just requires you to know what they are.  You're kinda sure of

   H2O(l?) + CO2(g i assume)

And you know,

HNO3(aq)

Can't you guess the others?

[scimitar91]

I guess maybe the NAHCO3 would be solid because it was probably powder, but I don't know how to figure out the NaNO3 at all.

[Arkcon]

What does (aq) mean?  And I want more than a one word answer.  That is, define the word after you give it.

[scimitar91]

you're making me work for this one.
aqueous, present as ions in a solution?
the NaNO3 should be aqueous then.
wait that would mean the acid was in water also. is this equation balanced right?

[Arkcon]

There you go.  And you figured it out yourself.  We make everyone work for the answer 'round here, they get better results that way.  Have a snack on me.

Unless a noob just gives the answer away, sometimes they do that.  When a noob does that, the poster comes back again and again for more freebies -- and sooner or later, even the noobs stop giving it away.