A stack of newspapers is burned completely to ash in a laboratory. How does the resulting mass relate to the initial mass of the stack of newspapers?
Responses
The mass of the gases and the ash should be one-fourth the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should be one-fourth the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should be double the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should be double the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should equal the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should equal the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.
The mass of the gases and the ash should be one-half the mass of the initial stack of newspapers.