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AP Chemistry
4.5 Stoichiometry
4.3 Representations of Reactions
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A student investigates the reaction between gaseous nitrogen monoxide and oxygen to form nitrogen dioxide, represented by the balanced equation below.

\[ 2\,\text{NO(g)} + \text{O}_2\text{(g)} \rightarrow 2\,\text{NO}_2\text{(g)} \]

The student constructs particulate representations for the initial and final states of four different trials conducted in separate rigid \(1.0\text{ L}\) containers. The particle counts recorded from the student's representations are summarized in the table below.

TrialInitial \(\text{NO}\) particlesInitial \(\text{O}_2\) particlesFinal \(\text{NO}\) particlesFinal \(\text{O}_2\) particlesFinal \(\text{NO}_2\) particles
1\(6\)\(2\)\(0\)\(0\)\(4\)
2\(4\)\(4\)\(0\)\(2\)\(2\)
3\(6\)\(4\)\(2\)\(1\)\(4\)
4\(8\)\(3\)\(2\)\(0\)\(6\)

Assuming each reaction proceeds to completion, which trial's particulate model correctly represents the final mixture while obeying the law of conservation of mass?

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