Consider the reaction where potassium permanganate and...

Consider the reaction where potassium permanganate and manganese sulfate combine with water to produce manganese dioxide, potassium sulfate, and sulfuric acid: x1KMnO4 + x2MnSO4 + x3H2O -> x4MnO2 + x5K2SO4 + x6H2SO4. Find the appropriate values for x1, x2, . . . x6 to balance the chemical reaction. Please make use of Sage for the computations and include the code entered.

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00:01 Hello, students.

00:02 So in this question, you have to balance the equation.

00:05 This is the equation you have been given here.

00:07 The potassium permagate has been used.

00:10 In the question they have mentioned that it is a very powerful oxidizing agent.

00:16 Okay, and this is the redox reaction.

00:18 So for the redox reaction balance equation, how we usually balance the equation, we divide the equation into oxidation half and a reduction half.

00:27 So first we are going to deal with the oxidation half.

00:32 Oxidation half okay oxidation half so for oxidation half we need a dog we need a element which is undergoing the oxidation okay so oxidation is taking place in if you write the equation it will be s o3 to negative is being getting converted into s o4 to negative all right these both are in the acpus form so here if you have to uh now you have to balance this oxygen and sulfur so in the right hand side if you see sulfur is one oxygen is four here the sulfur is one oxygen is three so you have to balance the oxygen so we have to first balance oxygen so how we balance oxygen we balance oxygen by adding water to the opposite side adding h2 in the reactant side reactant side.

01:49 All right.

01:49 So this will make our equation that is s .o .3, 2 negative.

01:55 This is in the aquis form.

01:57 And then we have here h2o.

02:01 This is in the liquid form.

02:02 Okay...

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