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Title: How do you write the balanced chemical equation for this word equation (best answer!)?
Post by: Mijayla on Sep 9, 2012
Copper and silver acetate --> silver and copper acetate

How do u write the balanced chemical equation? Thanks


Title: How do you write the balanced chemical equation for this word equation (best answer!)?
Post by: miguel on Sep 9, 2012
Cu+ + CH3COOAg --> Ag+ + CH3COOCu

I'm assuming Copper is +1, not +2


Title: How do you write the balanced chemical equation for this word equation (best answer!)?
Post by: tonesack on Sep 9, 2012
Jess,

That would be Cu(s) + 2 Ag(C2H3O2)(aq) ---> Ag(s) + Cu(C2H3O2)2(aq)

I am assuming the Cu(II) state (cupric), since that is the more common species.  

Hope that helped!