How do you balance this equation C6H12O6 O2 CO2 H2O?

Answer 1

lets look at the number of atoms of each element on each side

C6H12O6 6O2 ------------------>__CO2 __H2O

I assume you're talking about respiration, because otherwise it could be anything. the subscript numbers HAVE to be in SUBSCRIPT if its not a common equation, and even so its still wrong

ON THE LEFT:

6 carbons

12 hydrogens

6 oxygens

plus 12 oxygens

so 18 total oxygens

you need 6 carbons on the right, and that means that you need 6CO2 molecules because each one contains one carbon

ON THE LEFT:

6 carbons

12 hydrogens

18 oxygens

ON THE RIGHT:

match 6CO2

6 CO2 = 6 carbons and 12 oxygens

that means you still need

12 hydrogens and 6 oxygens to balance out.

H2O has one oxygen per molecule, so you need 6 molecules to match 6 oxygens.

that means you have 6H2O molecules

C6H12O6 +6O2 ------------------>6CO2 +6H2O

CHECK

6 carbon | 6 carbon

12 hydrogen | 12 oxygen

6 oxygen | + 12 hydrogen

+12 oxygen | 6 oxygen

its balanced now

the only problem is it produces CO2 +H2O+C+CO sorry but the apex answer is O2

Answer 2

C6h12o6 = -6 o2 + 6 co2 + 6 h2o