Compare the two equations you wrote for the previous question. Explain what information the symbol equation provides that the word equation does not.

Explain why a symbol equation containing this formula provides more information than a word equation.

Identify one advantage of symbol equations compared to word equations. Symbol equations: use plain Englishare difficult to understand, so keep chemical knowledge restricted to scientistsshow exactly which elements are involved and the relative number of atoms of eachshow both the reactants and products

Which equation represents this sentence?

In a chemical equation, the symbol that takes the place of the word yields is a(n)plus sign.arrow.coefficient

Word equations use words to indicate reactants and products of chemical reactions.