Problem: Why are the amounts of products formed in a reaction determined only by the amount of the limiting reactant?

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Recall that the limiting reactant determines the maximum number of product moles resulting from a chemical reaction.

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Why are the amounts of products formed in a reaction determined only by the amount of the limiting reactant?

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