3 5 Catalytic converters are fitted to car exhausts to reduce the amount of pollution from cars. Carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide (NO_(2)) react in a catalytic converter. Nitrogen and carbon dioxide are produced. Write a balanced equation for the reaction. [2

## Step 1:Identify the reactants and products in the reaction. The reactants are carbon monoxide ( ) and nitrogen dioxide ( ). The products are nitrogen ( ) and carbon dioxide ( ).## Step 2:Write the unbalanced chemical equation for the reaction:### ## Step 3:Balance the nitrogen atoms. There are two nitrogen atoms in , so we need two molecules to provide the nitrogen atoms:### ## Step 4:Balance the oxygen atoms. There are four oxygen atoms on the reactant side (from 2 ) and two on the product side (from ). To balance the oxygen atoms, we need to add another molecule on the reactant side:### ## Step 5:Verify the balance of all atoms. There are two carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms, and four oxygen atoms on both sides of the equation, confirming that it is balanced.#