document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1192751>Question 1192751</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The following data was collected during a chemical experiment. Total Mass of Reactants = 25.4 g Total Mass of Products = 18.7 g a) Does this experiment follow the Law of Conservation of Mass? Explain.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The Law of Conservation of Mass is satisfied for any chemically and physically closed system.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If in experiments, an observer notices violation of this law, it means that a system is chemically and/or physically unclosed, \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "i.e. open, in other words.\r<BR>\n" );
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