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A balanced chemical equation shows the same number of each type of atom on both sides of the arrow. In this example, we balance the combustion reaction of ethane, C₂H₆.

Sections:
00:00 - Introduction to ethane combustion reaction
00:31 - Identifying unbalanced elements
01:15 - Strategy: balance complex molecules first
01:42 - Balancing hydrogen atoms
02:06 - Balancing carbon atoms
02:29 - Counting oxygen atoms
03:07 - Using fractional coefficients
03:34 - Converting to whole number coefficients
04:00 - Final balanced equation with whole numbers

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