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How hard can balancing and various questions related to chemical equations get?
 

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The won't get too bad. Just be careful that with combustion you can have a fraction as the coefficient of oxygen on the reactants side. Other than that it will be quite bread and butter.
 

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Just make sure you keep an eye on stray atoms within the molecule, that aren't bunched with the rest of the same atoms in a particular molecule. eg. CH3COOH.

It's rather simple to balance HSC equations.
 

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It's simple, what I learnt was to make sure both sides have the same number, so I actually counted them in my half yearlies when they gave us one to balance :p and also some trials which I did before.
 

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It's simple, what I learnt was to make sure both sides have the same number, so I actually counted them in my half yearlies when they gave us one to balance :p and also some trials which I did before.
It's what I always do - it's the best way to ensure you've balanced everything correctly. I know you get used to seeing them balanced and then you can just write them straight down but I'm the kind to always double check because I have a habit of having many simple errors.
 

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It's what I always do - it's the best way to ensure you've balanced everything correctly. I know you get used to seeing them balanced and then you can just write them straight down but I'm the kind to always double check because I have a habit of having many simple errors.
Guess we're both the same then xD It's only because I got it wrong in year 11 so I always counted after that one mistake.

Important Tip: Learn from your mistakes.
 

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