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well, oxygen atoms have only 2.
4, because the number of hydrogen atoms in carbohydrates are twice as much as the number of oxygen atoms.
The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms in a molecule of glucose or any other carbohydrate is two hydrogen atoms to one oxygen atom, the same as in water. This is why they are called carbohydrates. This is a fundamental property of carbohydrates.
Carbohydrates are molecules with Carbon, Hydrogen, and Oxygen atoms.
2 times larger
Carbohydrates fall into the general formula Cx(H2O)y, each molecule containing carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms.
There is no fixed ratio, due to differences between individual amino acids.
Carbon hydregen & oxygen
Glycerol C3H8O3 has three Carbon, eight Hydrogen and three Oxygen.
The number of hydrogen atoms is twice the number of oxygen atoms. Glucose is C6H12O6, so there are 12 hydrogen atoms for every 6 oxygen atoms in a molecule.
six carbon atoms, 12 hydrogen atoms and six oxygen atoms.
They have a 2:1 ratio