Q$1.$ Using the structures of the reactants and products shown in the chemical reaction above

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a$.$ Complete the following chemical equation by counting the number of atoms in each reactant and product and adding the subscripts where needed in the formulas below.

$($In essence, complete the formulas of all the reactants and products.$)(2)$

$C_{-}{H}_{-}{O}_{-}+{?}_{\text{S}\text{a}\text{l}\text{i}\text{c}\text{y}\text{l}\text{i}\text{c}\text{a}\text{c}\text{i}\text{d}}{C}_{-}{H}_{-}{O}_{-}{?}_{\{\begin{array}{ccc}\text{:}[& \text{A}\text{c}\text{e}\text{t}\text{i}\text{c}& ]\\ & \text{a}\text{n}\text{h}\text{y}\text{d}\text{r}\text{i}\text{d}\text{e}& \end{array}}{C}_{-}{H}_{-}{O}_{-}+{?}_{\{\begin{array}{ccc}\text{:}[& \text{A}\text{c}\text{e}\text{t}\text{y}\text{l}\text{s}\text{a}\text{l}\text{i}\text{c}\text{y}\text{l}\text{i}\text{c}\text{a}\text{c}\text{i}\text{d}& ]\\ & (aspirin)\end{array}}{C}_{-}{H}_{-}{O}_{-}{?}_{\text{A}\text{c}\text{e}\text{t}\text{i}\text{c}\text{a}\text{c}\text{i}\text{d}}$

Acetylsalicylic acid

$($aspirin$)$

b$.$ Is this equation balanced or should it be balanced? If the equation is not balanced, balance it $(1)$