Question

6 CO2 + 12 H2OC6H12O6 + 6 H2O + 6 O2 How many atoms of carbon are involved in this reaction?

Answer 1

\(\sf\Large 6CO_2+6H_2O ~~\to~C_6H_{12}O_6+6O_2\)

How many C's do you count on each side of the arrow?

Answer 2

two..?

Answer 3

You must see it like this.

\(\sf 6CO_2\) means 6 times \(\sf CO_2\)
So we would have 6 carbon atoms and 12 oxygen atoms. right?

Answer 4

On the other side of the arrow we have \(\sf\large C_6H_{12}O_6+6O_2\)
The subscript in \(\large\sf C_6\) means that we have 6 carbon atoms in each molecule.
The coefficient tells us how many molecules we have.

So we have 6 carbon atoms that are involved in the reaction

Answer 5

Oh ok, I get it! Thank you very much.

Answer 6

very good, you're welcome :)