Questions: If a spoon of copper metal is placed in a solution of ferrous sulfate: a Copper will precipitate out b Iron will precipitate out c Copper and iron will precipitate d No reaction will take place

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The reactivity series is a list of metals arranged in order of decreasing reactivity. A more reactive metal can displace a less reactive metal from its compound in a solution. In this context, we need to compare the reactivity of copper (Cu) and iron (Fe).

In the reactivity series, iron is more reactive than copper. This means that copper cannot displace iron from its compound, such as ferrous sulfate (\(\text{FeSO}_4\)).

Since copper is less reactive than iron, it will not displace iron from ferrous sulfate. Therefore, no reaction will occur when a spoon of copper is placed in a solution of ferrous sulfate.

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