Single Replacement Reactions

Question

Ag₂ SO₄ + Zn

Answer 1

According the activity series, Zn will replace Ag because it is more reactive. So, knowing this, we can go ahead and write the correctly balanced equation for this single replacement reaction...

Ag₂SO₄(aq) + Zn(s) ==> ZnSO₄(aq) + 2Ag(s)