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Offline qbkr21

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Balancing an Equation
« on: September 06, 2008, 10:38:48 PM »
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Re: Balancing an Equation
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2008, 10:43:54 PM »
Because you can divide all of those coefficients by 3 and get the answer they gave you.
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Re: Balancing an Equation
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2008, 10:47:54 PM »
Thank you for the reply.  I guess I can always divide through if I have a common factor?  ???

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Re: Balancing an Equation
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2008, 04:29:10 AM »
Properly balanced equation by definition has lowest possible integer coefficients.
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