Question #42152

1 Answer
Jul 5, 2017

0.33 "mol C"_6"H"_12"O"_6

Explanation:

We're asked to find the number of moles in 60 "g" glucose, "C"_6"H"_12"O"_6.

To do this, we can use the molar mass of glucose, calculated to be

6(12.01color(white)(l)"g/mol") + 12(1.01color(white)(l)"g/mol") + 6(16.00color(white)(l)"g/mol")

= color(red)(180.18 color(red)("g/mol"

Using dimensional analysis, we can now convert from grams to moles:

60cancel("g glucose")((1color(white)(l)"mol glucose")/(180.18cancel("g glucose"))) = color(blue)(0.33 color(blue)("mol C"_6"H"_12"O"_6