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It takes 1 molecule of glucose to make 30 molecules of ATP. How many molecules of glucose are needed to make 6000 molecules of ATP in aerobic respiration?

Answer 1

Natalie Ahrens

#"200 glucose"#

I think the molecules of #"ATP"# produced is closer to #36#, but anyway...

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If #"1 glucose"# gives us #"30 ATP"# molecules, then we can set up the relationships as follows:

#color(white)(---)color(purple)[("1 glucose")/("30 molecules of ATP") or ("30 molecules of ATP")/("1 glucose")#

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With this information, we can calculate the required number of glucose molecules as follows:

#(6000 cancel"molecules of ATP")/(1)*color(purple)[("1 glucose")/(30 cancel"molecules of ATP")] = barul"| 200 glucose |"#

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Answer 2

Piper Anderson

To make 6000 molecules of ATP, you would need 200 molecules of glucose.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.