00:01
To balance this reaction, we recognize that we have an acid, acetic acid, hc2h3o2, that is a weak acid, so it stays together, reacting with the solid, strong base, magnesium hydroxide.
00:22
When the cations switch places, this will give us magnesium acetate, which according to solubility rules is soluble and will separate into its ions, and water.
00:42
To balance this, we'll need to put a 2 in front of the acetic acid, because we add two acetates, and then we'll need to put a 2 in front of the water.
00:56
So this is the balanced formula, or sometimes they call it the molecular equation.
01:02
The ionic equation is essentially going to be exactly the same, except we are going to have the soluble magnesium acetate separated into its ions.
01:17
We'll have mg2 +, aqueous, and 2c2h3o2-, aqueous, along with two waters...