Carbon burns with oxygen to produce carbon dioxide gas. which of these shows the correct chemical reaction?
a) co2 = c + o
b) c + o = co2
c) c+ o -> co2
d) c, o, co2

The correct option is C.

When writing chemical equations, the chemical symbols of the element are usually used together with numbers to indicate the ratio of each element in the chemical compounds. The additional sign is usually used in between the reactants and the products. The arrow sign in used to show the direction in which the reaction is proceeding. In the correct option given above, the arrow sign is used to indicate that the reaction is moving in the forward direction.

the correct option is c.

isotopes refers to different forms of the same element with the same atomic number but different mass number as a result of difference in their neutron numbers. isotopes have different relative atomic mass but share the same chemical properties.