Question

If a sugar compound has 11 oxygen atoms how many hydrogen atoms does it contain

Answer 1

The answer is 22 hydrogen atoms.


This is a simple sugar compound formula Cn(H2O)n
If you have 11 oxygens that means that the second n in the formula will be 11.
Notice that the H (hydrogen) is followed by a 2, that means that the 11 put outside the parenteses will be multiplied by 2.
11 x 2 = 22 hydrogen atoms

Answer 2

Since simple sugars follow the Cn(H2O)n formula, if you had 11 oxygen atoms, this would produce the simple sugar formula of C11H22O11. Therefore, there should be 22 hydrogen atoms.