In the following reaction, if you wanted to produce more hydrochloric acid (HCl), what should you do? (2 points) 4HCl + O2 ⇄ 2H2O + Cl2

a. add more H2O
b. add more O2
c. remove H2O
d. remove Cl2

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.