Consider the following system at equilibrium: CH4(g) + 2H2O(g) ⇌ CO2(g) + 4H2(g) What change will cause the equilibrium to shift to form more CH4?     decrease [CO2]     increase [H2O]     increase [CH4]     decrease [H2]     decrease the volume of the reaction vessel

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Consider the following system at equilibrium: CH4(g) + 2H2O(g) ⇌ CO2(g) + 4H2(g) What change will cause the equilibrium to shift to form more CH4?

   

decrease [CO2]

   

increase [H2O]

   

increase [CH4]

   

decrease [H2]

   

decrease the volume of the reaction vessel

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