What are the ways of representing a chemical reaction?

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A chemical reaction can be represented using a word equation or a chemical equation.
For example,
Word equation:
Carbon + Oxygen gas $\to$ Carbon dioxide

Chemical Equation:
$C + O_{2} \to C O_{2}$

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