What is balanced chemical equation? Why should chemical equation be balanced?

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The reaction in which the number of atoms of each element is equal on the reactant side and product side is called balanced equation. Chemical reaction should be balanced because only to follow the law of conservation of mass.

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(a) What is a balanced chemical equation ? Why should chemical equations be balanced ?

(b) Aluminium burns is chlorine to form aluminium chloride $(A l C l_{3})$ . Write a balanced chemical equation for this reation.

(c) Potassium metal reacts with water to give potassium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction.

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