Posted 23 May 2006 - 11:22 AM
Could anyone explain this question to me, because I really don't know how to approach it. I would type it up, but it would take ages!
cheers
Posted 23 May 2006 - 12:48 PM
You just need to find the mass of each of the atoms.
For example the first one,

H

O tells us there are 2 hydrogen ions, whose mass each is one, therefore the total mass of the hydrogen ion = 2, there is only one oxygen, and the mass number is 16, therefor total mass of atom= 18
IF go go through this for all of them you should get
1. 18
2. 19
3. 20
4. 20
5. 21
6. 22
From this you can see 3 & 4 are the same, which makes the answer
DHope this helps
Posted 23 May 2006 - 03:39 PM
Ah, I get it now! I was getting confused with all the numbers & brackets. Thanks for the help
Posted 23 May 2006 - 04:06 PM
Yeah there are too many symbols and numbers in it
I had 2 ask my teacher how to do it
Glad it helped you
Posted 24 May 2006 - 02:02 PM
yes it is rather confusing!!