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    | • | Use correct
    formulas for the reactants and 
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    |  | products (if word
    eqn at start) 
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    | • | Balance by
    putting coefficients (nos) in 
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    |  | front of the
    formulas. You may not change 
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    |  | the
    formulas! These coefficients are
    called 
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    |  | the
    stoichiometric (measure of mass) 
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    |  | coefficients. 
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    | • | By convention use
    the lowest set of whole 
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    |  | no. coefficients
    to balance. 
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