a student balanced the chemical equation Mg+O2- Mg0 by writing Mg+02- MgO2 Was the equation balanced correct? Explain your answer. If the equation was not balanced correctly, write the correctly balanced equation

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a student balanced the chemical equation Mg+O2-> Mg0 by writing Mg+02-> MgO2 Was the equation balanced correct? Explain your answer. If the equation was not balanced correctly, write the correctly balanced equation

anonymous · Answer

No, the equation was changed. MgO2 is not as stable as MgO. 
Correct answer: 
2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO

anonymous · Answer

hope that helped

aaronq · Answer

didn't know zero "0" was an element...