Chemistry: HCl + AgNO3 --> ? Before balancing the equation, how would the product of this look like?

Ag is a +1 charge but the NO3 is something called nitrate, which is a polyatomic ion that is a 1- charge.

the H ion is gonna be positive and the Cl ion is gonna be negitive and if the Ag ion is gonna be positive than that means NO3 is gonna be negitive so its gonna look like HNO3 + AgCl

HCL + AgNO3 = HNO3 + AgCL

If I'm correct the charge on polyatomic NO3 is a -1, and if you said Ag is a 1+ then really I dont see the need for balancing.

First identify what is the metal in the ionic compound.  In this case it's Silver (Ag)...  you can look up the charge on Ag and you will find that it's +1.

Knowing that it's +1 and knowing that overall the AgNO3 compound should be neutral means that:

+1 + the charge on the NO3 = 0

Hence, the charge on NO3 = -1

Now, the NO3 has a charge of -1 and we know that Oxygen (O) is -2 normally, whereas Nitrogen can sometimes vary in number

So, with O3 that means 3 atoms of O each with -2 charge -8 charge which the Nitrogen much balance with to make an overall NO3 molecule charge of -1

Thus, N + -8 = -1 and so we know that N = -1 + 8 = +7

Make sense?

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As far as the reaction goes: HCl + AgNO3 = HNO3 + AgCl
where H is +1, Cl is -1, Ag is +1 and NO3 is -1