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How to Balance Magnesium hydroxide + Nitric acid → Magnesium nitrate + Water

How to Balance: Mg(OH)2 + HNO3 → Mg(NO3)2 + H2O

Type of Chemical Reaction: This is a neutralization reaction.

Word Equation: Magnesium hydroxide + Nitric acid → Magnesium nitrate + Water

Balancing Strategies: Here we have a neutralization reaction. The magnesium hydroxide and the nitric acid combined and form a salt and water. The salt is the magnesium nitrate. You could also call this a double displacement reaction.

Be careful when you count the number of hydrogen atoms. You have two in the magnesium hydroxide and one for the nitric acid.
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About Balancing Chemical Equations

When balancing chemical equations our goal is to have the same number of each type of atom on both sides of the equation.

Only change the coefficients (these are the numbers in front substances).
Coefficients are the numbers in front of the molecule.
Never change the subscripts (the small numbers after elements).
Coefficients are the numbers in front of the molecule.

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