Which general formula can be used to identify carbohydrates?

Explanation:

Carbohydrates are the organic compounds that contain a carbon, hydrogen and oxygen atoms which are chemically combined together.

Their general formula is where x is any integer.

For example, lactose has chemical formula and it is a carbohydrate.

A carbohydrate can be monosaccharide, disaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide.

in theory, limestone is composed principally of the compound calcium carbonate - caco3, but in reality this compound is deposited in conditions involving a number of other compounds as impurities so it ends up being a mixture of many compounds.

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