When potassium nitrate is heated, it decomposes into potassium nitrite and oxygen. Write a balanced equation for this reaction and add the state symbols of the reactants and products.

2KNO3 (s) —–> 2KNO2 (s) + O2 (g)

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(a) Oxidation; reduction. 

(b) Reduction; oxidation. 

(c) Rancidity.

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