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Which of the following is the name given to a carbohydrate containing two monomers?

Disaccharide
Decasaccharide
Monosaccharide
Polysaccharide

User CalebD
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the key is in the question, "two monomers". Two is prefix for "di"

so it must be a disaccharide.

deca means 10.
mono means 1
poly means many
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Disaccharide forms when two monomers join.
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