A polysaccharide is shown below. Identify all the statements that are TRUE for t

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A polysaccharide is shown below. Identify all the statements that are TRUE for this polysaccharide. You may select more than one answer! Select one or more: This monomer for this polysaccharide is a-glucose. The use of this polysaccharide as a biofuel is limited due to the difficulty of breaking the glycosidic linkages between the monomers. This polysaccharide could be synthesized by a plant cell. The carbons in each monomer of this polysaccharide are in a reduced state. The organism that synthesizes this pollysaccharide uses it primarily for energy storage.

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(b) (c) and (d)

Explanation

This is the structure of cellulose, this monomer for this polysaccharide is d-glucose

It is a a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of (14) linked D-glucose units

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