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How to do this Chemical Equation?

solid copper metal is combined with hydrogen sulfate to give a mixture of aqueous copper (II) sulfate, sulfur dioxide gas and liquid water.Please explain. i don‘t understand what I do with the HSO4- ! Where does the negative go?

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Cu(s) + H2SO4(aq) -- CuSO4 + S2(g) + H2O(l) There are 2 hydrogens in this compound with a positive charge that neutralize the 2- charge from the sulfate. EDIT: Oh, sorry, I understand what you are saying now. And I am also sorry for misreading the question. I believe the HSO4- is bonded with another element (say Sodium, Na) that does not participate in the reaction (is a spectator ion), so you would just leave it as HSO4- and not worry about the negative charge. In that case, the equation would be: 3 Cu(s) + 4 HSO4-(aq) -- 3 CuSO4(aq) + SO2(g) + 2 H2O(l) This is the best I can come up with.sorry for my multiple mistakes before this :(
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Cu(s) + H2SO4(aq) -- CuSO4 + S2(g) + H2O(l) There are 2 hydrogens in this compound with a positive charge that neutralize the 2- charge from the sulfate. EDIT: Oh, sorry, I understand what you are saying now. And I am also sorry for misreading the question. I believe the HSO4- is bonded with another element (say Sodium, Na) that does not participate in the reaction (is a spectator ion), so you would just leave it as HSO4- and not worry about the negative charge. In that case, the equation would be: 3 Cu(s) + 4 HSO4-(aq) -- 3 CuSO4(aq) + SO2(g) + 2 H2O(l) This is the best I can come up with.sorry for my multiple mistakes before this :(
That's what speed bumps are for, to break stupid peoples cars and stop smart people from speeding :)
and if more people had common sense and maybe taught that roads aren't for playing on, we wouldn't need speedbumps in the first place

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