It takes 1 molecule of glucose to make 30 molecules of ATP. How many molecules of glucose are needed to make 6000 molecules of ATP in aerobic respiration?

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Answer 1 · 2017-07-18T02:54:25

#"200 glucose"#

I think the molecules of #"ATP"# produced is closer to #36#, but anyway...

#color(white)(---)#

If #"1 glucose"# gives us #"30 ATP"# molecules, then we can set up the relationships as follows:

#color(white)(---)color(purple)[("1 glucose")/("30 molecules of ATP") or ("30 molecules of ATP")/("1 glucose")#

#color(white)(---)#

Knowing this, we can figure out the number of glucose molecules needed as follows:

#(6000 cancel"molecules of ATP")/(1)*color(purple)[("1 glucose")/(30 cancel"molecules of ATP")] = barul"| 200 glucose |"#