A sample of starch is found to have a molecular weight of \(2.80 \times 10^{5} \mathrm{u}\). How many glucose units are present in a molecule of the starch?

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A sample of starch is found to have a molecular weight of \(2.80 \times 10^{5} \ \mathrm{u}\). How many glucose units are present in a molecule of the starch?

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A sample of starch is found to have a molecular weight of \(2.80 \times 10^{5} \ \mathrm{u}\). How many glucose units are present in a molecule of the starch?

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Starch is a biomolecule that comes under the class of polysaccharides. It is a combination of glucose molecules at the first and fourth positions. The chemical formula of starch is \({\left( {{{\rm{C}}_{\rm{6}}}{{\rm{H}}_{{\rm{10}}}}{{\rm{O}}_{\rm{5}}}} \right)_{\rm{n}}}\). Generally, starch is insoluble in cold water, alcohol, or other solvents.

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