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Anirudh E.
Sep 30, 2017

Yes, that would be wrong.

Explanation:

As you mentioned, Sucrose has a molecular/chemical formula of #"C"_(12)"H"_(22)"O"#.

However, you cannot write #"C"_(12)+11 " H"_2"O"#, because this looks like it is the reactants of a reaction. It may look, to a chemist, like you are trying to come up with the products of the reaction of #"C"_(12)# and #11 " H"_2"O"#.

I hope that helps!

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