Give scientific reason for the following:
Iron displaces copper from copper sulfate but copper cannot displace iron.

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Iron displaces copper from copper sulfate but copper cannot displace iron. Iron is more reactive than copper. Hence the more reactive element iron displaces the less reactive element copper.
$C u S O_{4} + F e \to F e S O_{4} + C u$

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