PLEASE HELP 16. The diagram below represents a closed system using a flask with a balloon attached. In the flask, a chemical reaction between solid baking soda and
hydrochloric acid is occurring. The balloon has inflated as products have formed from the reaction
Which evidence in the diagram indicates that a gas was produced as a result of the reaction?

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hydrocarbons are organic compounds that contain only hydrogens and carbons. they can be saturated (those which contain only carbon-carbon single bonds) or unsaturated (those which contain carbon-carbon double or triple bonds) in nature. hydrocarbons can undergo several reactions like substitution, elimination etc.  

on substituting one or more hydrogen atoms in hydrocarbon it results in the formation of haloalkane. as the halogen atoms are large compared to the carbon and hydrogen atoms, due to which the molecular weight increases and the bond become polar because of presence electronegative halogen atom and results in the increase in boiling point of the haloalkane.

thus, the correct option is (b) that is the boiling point of the new compound increases on substituting a hydrogen atom with a halogen in a hydrocarbon.

answer carbon and three oxygen atoms;