**Balancing Chemical Equations: Understanding the Decomposition of Potassium Chlorate**---### Example Problem:**Balance the following equation, which describes the decomposition reaction that occurs when potassium chlorate is heated:**\[ \_\_\_ \, \text{KClO}_3 (\text{s}) \rightarrow \_\_\_ \, \text{KCl} (\text{s}) \, + \, \_\_\_ \, \text{O}_2 (\text{g}) \]### Explanation:This equation represents the decomposition of potassium chlorate (KClO₃). When KClO₃ is heated, it breaks down into potassium chloride (KCl) and oxygen gas (O₂). The task is to balance this equation so that the number of atoms for each element is the same on both sides of the reaction.#### Steps to Balance the Equation:1. **Identify the number of atoms for each element on the reactant side (left side) and the product side (right side).**2. **Adjust the coefficients (the numbers in front of the chemical formulas) to balance the number of atoms for each element.**#### Balancing Process:1. **Write the initial equation:** \[ \text{KClO}_3 (\text{s}) \rightarrow \text{KCl} (\text{s}) + \text{O}_2 (\text{g}) \]2. **Count the number of atoms for each element on both sides:** - Reactants: 1 K, 1 Cl, 3 O - Products: 1 K, 1 Cl, 2 O3. **Adjust the coefficient in front of $ \text{O}_2 $ to get the same number of oxygen atoms:** \[ \text{KClO}_3 (\text{s}) \rightarrow \text{KCl} (\text{s}) + \frac{3}{2} \, \text{O}_2 (\text{g}) \] - Now: 1 K, 1 Cl, 3 O (2 × 1.5 = 3)4. **Add coefficients to balance the number of each element's atoms:** \[ 2 \, \text{KClO}_3 (\text{s}) \rightarrow 2 \, \text{KCl} (\text{s}) + 3

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