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The hydrolysis of ATP can be summarized by the equation below. ATP + H2O ADP + Pi G = –7.3 kcal/mol
How many moles of ATP will a man hydrolyze in a day if he expends 2,300 kilocalories of free energy through this process?
A) 73 mol
B) 105 mol
C) 315 mol
D) 945 mol
E) 16,790 mol
Solution
C) 315 mol
One mole of ATP yields –7.3 kcal
That means to obtain 2,300 kilocalories one needs to burn= 23000/7.3 = 315 moles of ATP
