You react chemical A with chemical B to make one product. It takes 100 g of A to react completely with 20 g of B. What is true about the chemical properties of the product? a. The properties are more like chemical A. b. The properties are more like chemical B. c. The properties are an average of those of chemical A and chemical B. d. The properties are not necessarily like either chemical A or chemical B. e. The properties are more like chemical A or more like chemical B, but more information is needed. Justify your choice, and for choices you did not pick, explain what is wrong with them.

In this exercise, we need to determine how the chemical properties of the product will be related to the chemical properties of reactants A and B.

Let's analyze each of the given choices and determine whether they are true or false: a. The properties are more like chemical A. This option suggests that the properties of the product depend solely on the quantity of chemical A. This is not necessarily true, as the properties of the product are determined by its molecular structure and chemical composition rather than the amounts of reactants used. b. The properties are more like chemical B. This choice is similar to the first one, suggesting that the properties of the product depend on the quantity of chemical B. However, just like in the first option, it's incorrect to say that the properties of the product depend solely on the amounts of reactants used. c. The properties are an average of those of chemical A and chemical B. Although it might seem that the properties of the product would be an average of the properties of the reactants, it's not generally correct. When two chemicals react, the resulting product can have completely different properties from those of the initial reactants. d. The properties are not necessarily like either chemical A or chemical B. This choice indicates that the properties of the product don't have to be similar to those of the reactants. In a chemical reaction, the resulting product can have properties that are entirely different from those of the initial reactants. e. The properties are more like chemical A or more like chemical B, but more information is needed. This option implies that we need more information to determine whether the properties of the product will be more like chemical A or chemical B. However, like the previous incorrect choices, this statement also assumes that the properties of the product must be connected to the quantities of reactants used.

Based on our analysis, we can conclude that the correct answer is: d. The properties are not necessarily like either chemical A or chemical B. The properties of the product do not have to be similar to those of the reactants A or B. In a chemical reaction, the formation of a new product often results in properties that are very different from those of the initial reactants due to the bonding, structure, and interactions between the atoms in the new compounds.