1. Complete and balance the following equations, and identify the oxidizing and reducing agents:
2. Rules.
1) an element that is reduced Gains electrons and loses Oxygen
2) an element that is oxidized loses electrons but gains Oxygen
3. My attempt
Oxidizing Agent: 5e + 8H + MnO4 ^(1-) --->...
I'm not really sure exactly if I'm doing these correctly but what stopped was the choice of adding 6 electrons to the left side..
This is what I did:
This is their answer:
I'm doing something wrong and I don't know why my answer is so different then theirs.