Using the TOTAL carbohydrate per one serving, please calculate the number of ATP

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Using the TOTAL carbohydrate per one serving, please calculate the number of ATP molecules that canbe synthesized from 1 serving’s worth of total carbohydrates. Once you calculated the number of ATPmolecules for 1 serving, you can then calculate the TOTAL serving you usually consumed. For example, Nutritional facts usually show the amount of carbohydrates per 1 serving…but theserving size for the product can be worth 2x servings up to 5 servings. Use the molecular weight of180.00daltons or 180 grams/mole Remember NADH = 2.5 ATP molecules and FADH2 1.5 ATP moleculesPlease show all your work.

I have posted this question before but I get different answers. I want to know if I'm doing it right?

Explanation / Answer

One glucose molecule yields 38 ATP molecules [which has concluded NADH and FADH2 too], so for one serving:

Generally one serving is 250 ml of coca cola or other beverage and 50-100 g of solid foods[ as per required]. That’s why it needs to count sugar amount for particular serving size. Generally, products have descriptions per 100 ml or per 100 g basis. Therefore, we need to calculate serving carbohydrates on the basis of that data.

For question 1 it is = 1.1034 x 38 x 1023 ATPs = 41.9292 x 1023 ATPs.

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