If you were to measure the mass of magnesium and hydrochloric acid before combining them in the test tube, how would that mass compare to the mass of reactants left in the test tube after the reaction? Explain your answer and how it corresponds to the law of conservation of mass.

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anonymous · Answer

well the mass would be the same as the sum of the individual substances , and according to the law of conservation of mass , whatever mass you have in the reactants must be the same that you going to have in the product after the reaction.