Hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide react to produce water and sodium chloride in endothermic reaction. Which statement must be true of the reaction? A. more bond energy is absorbed on the reactants side than is released on the products side.

B. The energy of each bond in water and sodium chloride is greater than the energy of each bond in hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide

C. The bond energy used to break the bonds in hydrochloric acid in the sodium hydroxide is less than the energy released to from the bonds in water and sodium chloride.

D. The total energy of wster and sodium chloride is greater than the total bond energy of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide.