Question

Part H Why is the number of hydrogen atoms and oxygen atoms the same in both the reactants and the products?​

Answer 1

Atoms don’t appear or disappear during the reaction. Instead, they get rearranged.

Step-by-step explanation:

Exact answer from Plato/Edmentum!! :)

Answer 2

It's because they aren't destroyed they're just rearranged differently to create different products. There's like a name for this. It's something like the law of conservation energy. But the reason is mass cannot be created nor can it be destroyed.