[edwardjr.1326]

Does anyone know how to write the balanced chemical equation for the reaction of magnesium hydroxide with hyposulfurous acid to produce magnesium hyposulfite and water. Please your help would be greatly appreciated I've been trying to do this for days now.

[enahs]

Well, since you know what all the compounds are, put the reactants on the left of the arrow and the products on the right and balance it.

[JGK]

And please don't shout (see point 5 of http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/65mailet.htm)

[benzenejamie]

that sounded more like a desperate plea to me

[TWOFOUSAND]

hmmmm

ok

2Mg(OH)2(aq) + 2H2S2O4(aq)-----> 2MgS2O3 +5H20

H:10                                           
O:12
Mg:2
S:2


oooo crap that is hard.. but that ain't the answer.. I'm missing a friggen oxygen somewhere.... someone help i wanna noe the answer too

[Arkcon]

TWOFOUSAND:, you've picked the wrong formula for a reactant, can you fix it?  Anyway, if you're in the mood to work with Java applets, you can go to this page here:  http://www.trimen.pl/witek/calculators/wspolczynniki.html the goofy examples on that page show you, that balancing chemical  equations is just algebra, with compounds as variables instead of x, y, or z.

[pizza1512]

Let's see 

2MgOH + H₂S₂O₄ 2MgSO₂ + H₂O

Looks pretty balanced to me 

[TWOFOUSAND]

s#*$ my bad.. makes sense y i didn't balance out

[Borek]

that balancing chemical  equations is just algebra, with compounds as variables instead of x, y, or z.

It is not THAT easy. Some reactions can't be easily balanced by algebraic method.