Chemical Equation

Imagine you're trying to bake a cake but you only have a list of ingredients and no instructions. This situation is similar to a chemical equation, where you have a list of reactants and products, but you need to understand how they interact to produce something new. Just like you need to know how to combine flour, sugar, and eggs in the right order and proportions to successfully bake a cake, a chemical equation shows you how elements and compounds react together in specific ratios to form new substances.