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Both glucose and fructose are simple sugars with the same molecular formula of C6Hl2O6. Su...

Both glucose and fructose are simple sugars with the same molecular formula of C6Hl2O6. Sucrose (C12H22O11), or table sugar, consists of a glucose molecule bonded to a fructose molecule (a water molecule is eliminated in the formation of sucrose).

(a) Calculate the energy released when a 2.0-g glucose tablet is burned in air. (b) To what height can a 65-kg person climb after ingesting such a tablet, assuming only 30 percent of the energy released is available for work. (See the hint for Problem 10.121.) Repeat the calculations for a 2.0-g sucrose tablet.

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