Which of the following best represents a balanced equation for the reaction of
nitrogen gas and oxygen gas to form nitrogen monoxide?

The answer to your question is: letter a

Explanation:

a) This answer is correct because nitrogen and oxygen are diatomic.

b) This answer is incorrect because nitrogen and oxygen are monoatomic and the reactants in this reaction are not monoatomic.

c) This answer is incorrect because oxygen is diatomic and in this reaction is not.

d) This option is incorrect because nitrogen is diatomic and in this reaction is not.

explanation:

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley, i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten; all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however; many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn, whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today; its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.

two years ago, when picking flowers in the mountains back of yosemite valley; i found a book. it was blotted and storm-beaten, all of its outer pages were mealy and crumbly. the paper seemed to dissolve like the snow beneath which it had been buried, however, many of the inner pages were well preserved. and although all were more or less stained and torn; whole chapters were easily readable. this is the condition of the great open book of yosemite glaciers today, its granite pages have been torn and blurred by the same storms that wasted the castaway book.