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Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen are the general components of a carbohydrate.

The general formula of a carbohydrate is as follows:

Cx(H2x)Ox

*Even if it is not known that these are the components of a carbohydrate, it can be deduced from the name:

CARBO-HYD-RATE

The "carbo" refers to "carbon", the "hyd" refers to "hydrogen", and any molecule which contains "ate" at the end will ALWAYS contain oxygen.

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There are many, the simplest of which is methane (CH4). They get more complex from there, such as ethane (C2H6), ethene (H2C=CH2), and so on.

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Hydrocarbons

They can further be classified as alkanes alkenes and alkynes

alkanes: Saturated (only single bonds)

alkenes : double bond

alkynes : triple bonds...

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its glucose.

glucose is C6 H12 O2

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