An engineering team designs a rocket that flies faster and requires less fuel than other rockets. however, the rocket explodes the first time it is launched. which step of the engineering process would have shown that there was a potential problem?

2h2o2--> 2h2o + o2

this reaction is of the spontaneous decomposition of hydrogen peroxide down into water and oxygen.

add 2 molecules of hydrogen peroxide and 2 molecules of water. since oxygen is naturally diatomic, the total number of atoms of each element is now the same on both sides of the equation so it is balanced.

this may not be entirely correct but let me know.

a:

by the combination of an unlimited number of elements