How does equilibrium represent the balancing of opposing processes? Give an example of an “equilibrium” encountered in everyday life, showing how the processes involved oppose each other.

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QUESTION: How does equilibrium represent the balancing of opposing processes? Give an example of an “equilibrium” encountered in everyday life, showing how the processes involved oppose each other.

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QUESTION: How does equilibrium represent the balancing of opposing processes? Give an example of an “equilibrium” encountered in everyday life, showing how the processes involved oppose each other.

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The condition in which a change in reactant concentration and product concentration remains constant concerning time is known as equilibrium. The reaction is proceeding, but the change becomes constant as the forward reaction rate becomes equal to the rate of the backward reaction.

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