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Grade 10Physical Chemistry

3Cu+pHNO3 3Cu(NO3)2+4H2O+xNO. IIIIIIIIIII
In the equation above, the values of p and x respectively are ?

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7 Years agoGrade 10
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7 Years ago
Equation can be Balanced by oxidation number method
Oxidation number of Cu in LHS is zero and that on RHS is +2
Same way oxidation number of N is changing from +5 in HNO3 to +2 in NO
 
Value of P is 8 
And that of x is 2