Analyse the reaction given below:
CaCO3(aq) + H2O(aq) + CO2(g) → Ca(HCO3)2(aq)
If X is the total number of oxygen atoms and Y is the total number of carbon atoms present in the chemical reaction after balancing, then determine X + Y.
If we count the number of atoms for the given chemical reaction then we have:
Reactants ProductsElements | No. of atoms | Elements | No. of atoms |
Ca | 1 | Ca | 1 |
C | 2 | C | 2 |
H | 2 | H | 2 |
O | 6 | O | 6 |