Question: Reacting with water in an acidic solution at 35C, sucrose (C 12 H 22 O 11 ) decomposes into glucose (C 6 H 12 O

Reacting with water in an acidic solution at 35°C, sucrose (C12H22O11) decomposes into glucose (C6H12O6) and fructose (C6H12O6)* according to the law of uninhibited decay. An initial amount of 0.40 M of sucrose decomposes to 0.36 M in 30 minutes. How much sucrose will remain after 2 hours? How long will it take until 0.10 M of sucrose remains?

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