[huskywolf]

when calculating with C_aV_a/a=C_bV_b/b

if the values of a+b are 2(the mol ratios) do I cancel them out?because they are the same?
I was told to cancel it out when they are 1,just wondering if the same applies if they are 2,
once they are the same?

[savy2020]

if the values of a+b are 2(the mol ratios) do I cancel them out?because they are the same?

How can you tell they{a,b} are the same?

[Borek]

If they are the same, they cancel out, this is simple algebra. Usually question is not if they cancel out, but what values they have - and that has to be checked using balanced reaction equation.

[huskywolf]

hello
they are only the coefficents on each side of the balanced equation ,I know 2mol of a and 2mol b is involved in the titration just wondering do I this regard them because the ratio is the same

[savy2020]

if the values of a+b are 2(the mol ratios) do I cancel them out?because they are the same?

Was that a+b or a&b?
If it is a&b, then of course you can cancel out

[huskywolf]

sorry maybe I am confusing, I am talking about the a underneath the concentration acid x volume acid = concentration basex volume base/b

I am asking if /a(the coefficent of moles acid which is 2) is disregarded as well as the /b
(the coefficent of moles base which is 2)

[savy2020]

I am asking if /a(the coefficent of moles acid which is 2) is disregarded as well as the /b
(the coefficent of moles base which is 2)

It won't hurt you to regard them . They'd anyhow cancel out.
But writing them and cancelling is conceptual.