A. So before we can come up with the chemical equation, we firsthave to understand the components of the salt we are to dissolve.What does it break into? What are the charges of each component ofthe salt, and their individual chemical formulas? So first we lookat the name \"strontium iodate\" so we know that it breaks intostrontium with some charge in water and iodate. Strontium Iodate --> some Strontium + some Iodate (in water) Now for the second question, what are the charges and the chemicalformula of each part? So for strontium, we know that it is analkaline earth metal (or in group II), so we know that like Ca orMg, Sr is most likely to hold a charge of 2+. So we\'ll say that wehave a Sr2+ in solution. How about iodate? By otherremembering or looking it up we find that it isIO3-. So how would we pair these in a salt? Since we know that Sr has a2+ charge and iodate has a 1- charge, we know that to balance atotal charge of 0, we need 2 iodates per Sr making: Sr(IO3)2 as the salt dissolving in solution.This clearly then breaks into 1 Sr2+ and 2IO3- in water. B. Now that we know the reaction, how do the two speciesconcentrations relate to themselves in solution? Well we alreadyanswered this question. By saying that we need to pair 2 iodatesfor each Sr cation, we know that iodate concentration must bedouble that of the Sr cation in water. Cheers. Solution A. So before we can come up with the chemical equation, we firsthave to understand the components of the salt we are to dissolve.What does it break into? What are the charges of each component ofthe salt, and their individual chemical formulas? So first we lookat the name \"strontium iodate\" so we know that it breaks intostrontium with some charge in water and iodate. Strontium Iodate --> some Strontium + some Iodate (in water) Now for the second question, what are the charges and the chemicalformula of each part? So for strontium, we know that it is analkaline earth metal (or in group II), so we know that like Ca orMg, Sr is most likely to hold a charge of 2+. So we\'ll say that wehave a Sr2+ in solution. How about iodate? By otherremembering or looking it up we find that it isIO3-. So how would we pair these in a salt? Since we know that Sr has a2+ charge and iodate has a 1- charge, we know that to balance atotal charge of 0, we need 2 iodates per Sr making: Sr(IO3)2 as the salt dissolving in solution.This clearly then breaks into 1 Sr2+ and 2IO3- in water. B. Now that we know the reaction, how do the two speciesconcentrations relate to themselves in solution? Well we alreadyanswered this question. By saying that we need to pair 2 iodatesfor each Sr cation, we know that iodate concentration must bedouble that of the Sr cation in water. Cheers..