What is the ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in lipids?

Answer 1

Hydrogen to carbon is two to one, but oxygen is less than one.

Carbohydrates are made up of carbon and hydrous, or water; they have the same components as water—one carbon, two hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen—which is why they are called carbohydrates. Lipids have the same components, but the ratio of oxygen to hydrogen atoms is less than that of C:H:O, or 1:2:less than one.

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Answer 2

Natalie Ahrens

The ratio of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen in lipids is typically approximately 1:2:1.

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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.