Question

What is the formula of starch?

Answer 1

The formula of starch:

1. Starch is a long chain of sugar molecules.
2. A single sugar molecule is a monosaccharide.
3. Starch has sugar molecules and hence it is a polysaccharide.
4. The chemical formula of starch is ${\left({\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_{10}{\mathrm{O}}_5\right)}_{\mathrm{n}}$
5. n is for the number of sugar molecules.
6. If n=100 then the starch formula would be $\left({\mathrm{C}}_6{\mathrm{H}}_{10}{\mathrm{O}}_5\right)\mathrm{n}={\mathrm{C}}_{100}{\mathrm{H}}_{1000}{\mathrm{O}}_{500}$