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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.