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How would you identify the reactants and products in the chemical reaction below?

#6CO_2 + 6H_2O -> C_6H_12O_6 + 6O_2#

Answer 1

Typically #"LHS"# #=# #"reactants"#; #"RHS"# #=# #"products"#

You have, of course, described the endothermic reaction of photosynthesis; but where does the energy come from?

It is evident from the reverse equation that this is a combustion reaction—an exothermic reaction, meaning it releases energy.

#C_6H_12O_6 + 6H_2O rarr 6CO_2 + 6H_2O+Delta#

Accordingly, it depends on whether you consider the right-hand side to be the reactants or the products if you are a green plant.

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Answer 2

Cooper Anderson

Please provide the chemical reaction you would like me to analyze. You must look at the chemical equation in order to determine the reactants and products in a chemical reaction.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.