Chapter 8.3, Problem 6PPB

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation: for the given metabolism reaction of glucose, the mass of glucose required to produce $\text{175g}$ of water should be determined.

Concept introduction:

• Metabolism is same as like Combustion process, in which hydrocarbon produces ${\text{CO}}_{\text{2}}$ and ${\text{H}}_{\text{2}}\text{O}$.
• Balanced chemical equation of a reaction is written according to law of conservation of mass.
• Mole ratio between the reactants and a products of a reaction are depends upon the coefficients of reactant and product in a balanced chemical equation.
• Number of moles of a substance, from its given mass is,

  $\text{Number of moles}\text{=}\frac{\text{Given}\text{mass}}{\text{Molecular}\text{mass}}$

• Number of grams of a substance from its number of moles is,

  $\text{Number of moles}\text{×}\text{Molecular}\text{mass in grams}\text{=}\text{Number}\text{of}\text{grams}$