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Solubility product question

Hellow guyz..a ;little help here
200cm^3 of 0.0040M BaCl2 are added to 600cm^3 of 0.0080M K2SO4.Find out whether there will be formation of a precipitate given that Ksp(BaSO4) = 1.1x10^-10
Now I tried to make a reaction but it seems am going no where

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Infraspecies

The reaction in question is a sort of salt metathesis, where the chloride and sulfate, essentially, exchange.

The solubility product is the equilibrium constant for the reaction;

BaSO₄ (s) <--> Ba²⁺_(aq) + SO₄^2-_(aq)

Firstly, you need to look at the stoichiometry of the reaction to determine the moles of BaSO₄. Then you must look at the volume of water, and compare the molarity of barium sulfate and the volume, to see if the volume is sufficient for the product to be solvated completely.