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Give the use of `CO_2` in photosynthesis.

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Plants absorb `CO_2` from air, water from soil and convert them into carbohydrates in the presence of sunlight and chlorophyll.
`6CO_2+12H_2O underset(" Chlorophyll ")overset(hv)to C_6H_(12)+6O_2+6H_2O`
This is known as photosynthesis in which `CO_2` changes carbohydrates to glucose.
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