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PLEASE HELP! How is the mass of oxygen conserved during cellular respiration?

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C6H12O6+6O2→6CO2+6H2O+ATP

mass of oxygen is conserved because the number of oxygen on the reactants side equals to the number of oxygen on the products side as shown in the above reaction.

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The AMOUNT of carbon-dioxide atoms released by respiration are EXACTLY EQUAL to the atoms of these materials contained in the oxygen and carbon converted. In this way respiration has conserved the mass or material and in this way followed the law of conservation of mass.

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