Answer
a. Decrease the volume of the container.
b. Increase the volume of the container.
c. Decrease the volume of the container.
Work Step by Step
1. Identify the amount of moles of gas in each side.
a. Reactants: 3 moles; Products: 2 moles.
b. Reactants: 2 moles; Products: 4 moles.
c. Reactants: 3 moles; Products: 2 moles.
2. If the products are the side with the fewer number of moles, decreasing the volume of the container will increase the yield of products, and vice-versa.
a. Products have fewer moles of gas: decrease the volume.
b. Products have more moles of gas: increase the volume.
c. Products have fewer moles of gas: decrease the volume.
