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In a popular classroom demonstration, solid sodium is added to liquid water and reacts to produce hydrogen gas and aqueous sodium hydroxide. 

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Step 1.

Solid sodium is added to liquid water and reacts to produce hydrogen gas and aqueous sodium hydroxide.

The above reaction can be written as follows:

 

Balance

As a first step to balance the put a before :

 

     

Put a before to balance on the left:

 

     

Thus is also balanced now:

 

 

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