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The chemical equation below shows the reaction of magnesium and oxygen which combine to form magnesium oxide.

Mg + O = MgO
In this equation, magnesium and oxygen are the _____
•reactants
•products


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User FrankWhite
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yeah james byers is right mg and o are the reactants cause they're on the left side of the equation (before the arrow) if you make a drawing of the reaction and they react to form MgO which is the product bc its on the right side of the equation (after the arrow) and its produced by Mg and O
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