Methane, ch4, burns in oxygen gas to form water and carbon dioxide. what is the correct balanced chemical equation for this reaction?

i'm having a hard time understanding how to balance a chemical equation. i'm really not sure how to even begin. !

the seeing the electronic configuration we can say that the element is fluorine.

fluorine is the most electronegative element in the periodic table.

but by only seeing the configuration we cannot say about its reactivity because we don't know if its configuration after excitation or by addition of electrons.

but if not then, it is the lightest halogen and exists as a highly toxic pale yellow diatomic gas at standard conditions. as the most electronegative element, it is extremely reactive: almost all other elements, including some noble gases, form compounds with fluorine.