Why don't the inert gases easily react with other elements?

In numbering carbon atoms in the parent chain of a hydrocarbon, why would you number from right to left, rather than left to right

When 225mg of anthracene, c14h10(s), was burned in a bomb calorimeter the temperature rose by 1.75k. calculate the calorimeter constant. by how much will the temperature rise when 125mg of phenol, c6h5oh(s), is burned in the calorimeter under the same conditions? (δch< (c14h10,s)=–7061 kj mol−1.)

How does a large body of water, such as the ocean, influence climate?