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Statement 1: While balancing equations, same number of atoms are there on reactant side and the product side.
Statement 2: For all regular chemical equations, the conservation of matter holds good.

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Both the statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is not correct explanation of statement 1.

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Both the statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is correct explanation of statement 1.

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Statement 1 is correct but statement 2 is not correct.

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Statement 1 is not correct but statement 2 is correct.

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Both the statements 1 and 2 are not correct.


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Solution

The correct option is B

Both the statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is correct explanation of statement 1.


Statement 1: While balancing equations same number of atoms are there on reactant side and the product side. This is because atoms can neither be created nor be destroyed.
Statement 2: For all regular chemical equations the conservation of matter holds good. This implies that total mass of reactants is equal to total mass of products.
Both the statements 1 and 2 are correct and statement 2 is correct explanation of statement 1.

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