Question

When balancing a chemical equation do the subscripts move with the element or stay? would this example be right or wrong?
Ba(NO₃)₂+Na₂SO₄⇒BaSO₄+Na₂(NO₃)₂
this already looks balanced so what am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Sodium Nitrate is written as NaNO(sub3) that is what is throwing you off in this equation.

Take the subscript of 2 off of the sodium in the products and give Sodium Nitrate a coefficient of 2 to balance the equation.