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EXPLAIN how to identify the reducing agent in a reaction of magnesium with oxygen

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Step-by-step explanation:

Mg+O>MgO

Here the mg loses it electron and is oxidised and oxygen gains and is reduced.

Mg(2+)and O(2-)

Mg is a reducing agent it makes oxygen to be reduced while itself being oxidised and vice versa.

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