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HELP ME WITH CHEMISTRY : Explain how an oxidized component can also be a reducing agent and how a reduced component can also be an oxidizing agent. Provide an example of each.
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HELP ME WITH CHEMISTRY : Explain how an oxidized component can also be a reducing agent and how a reduced component can

also be an oxidizing agent. Provide an example of each.

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In this reaction, hydrogen loses one electron. Hydrogen is oxidized, thus making it the reducing agent. An element that is oxidized is a reducing agent, because the element loses electrons, and an element that is reduced is an oxidizing agent, because the element gains electrons

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