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To investigate the pathways of photosynthesis, a researcher grows a plant under conditions where the water supplied is enriched with the heavy oxygen isotope 18O^{18}\text{O}18O, while the carbon dioxide supplied contains only the standard oxygen isotope 16O^{16}\text{O}16O.

Which of the following correctly identifies the isotope of oxygen that will be detected in the synthesised glucose and the released oxygen gas?

Glucose: 18O^{18}\text{O}18O | Oxygen gas: 16O^{16}\text{O}16O

Glucose: 18O^{18}\text{O}18O | Oxygen gas: 18O^{18}\text{O}18O

Glucose: 16O^{16}\text{O}16O | Oxygen gas: 18O^{18}\text{O}18O

Glucose: 16O^{16}\text{O}16O | Oxygen gas: 16O^{16}\text{O}16O

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