When the following skeletal equation is balanced under basic conditions, what are the coefficients of the species shown?  NiO2 +  Cl-  = ClO- +  Ni(OH)2 Water appears in the balanced equation as a ___?____ (reactant, product, neither) with a coefficient of ____?____. (Enter 0 for neither.) Which species is the reducing agent?

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When the following skeletal equation is balanced under basic conditions, what are the coefficients of the species shown?

 NiO2 +  Cl- ClO- +  Ni(OH)2

Water appears in the balanced equation as a ___?____ (reactant, product, neither) with a coefficient of ____?____. (Enter 0 for neither.)

Which species is the reducing agent? 

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