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title: "A student tests a water sample containing aqueous sodium sulfate by adding aqueous barium chloride. A white precipitate of barium sulfate forms.  Which of the following is the net ionic equation for the reaction?"
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# A student tests a water sample containing aqueous sodium sulfate by adding aqueous barium chloride. A white precipitate of barium sulfate forms.

Which of the following is the net ionic equation for the reaction?

A student tests a water sample containing aqueous sodium sulfate by adding aqueous barium chloride. A white precipitate of barium sulfate forms.

Which of the following is the net ionic equation for the reaction?

- **A.** \(\text{Ba}^{2+}\text{(aq)} + \text{SO}_4^{2-}\text{(aq)} \rightarrow \text{BaSO}_4\text{(aq)}\)
- **B.** \(\text{BaCl}_2\text{(aq)} + \text{Na}_2\text{SO}_4\text{(aq)} \rightarrow \text{BaSO}_4\text{(s)} + 2\text{NaCl}\text{(aq)}\)
- **C.** \(\text{Na}^{+}\text{(aq)} + \text{Cl}^{-}\text{(aq)} \rightarrow \text{NaCl}\text{(s)}\)
- **D.** \(\text{Ba}^{2+}\text{(aq)} + \text{SO}_4^{2-}\text{(aq)} \rightarrow \text{BaSO}_4\text{(s)}\)

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