The equation using two variables to model how many glucose molecules are produced when there are 6 CO₂ molecules is: x = 1/6 * y where x is the number of glucose molecules and y is the number of CO2 molecules.
What is the link between the amount of glucose generated during photosynthesis and the amount of carbon dioxide present?
The amount of glucose generated and the amount of carbon dioxide present during photosynthesis have a linear relationship.
The number of glucose molecules created when there are 6, 12, 18, and 24 CO2 molecules can be computed as follows:
x = 1/6 * 6 = 1 glucose molecule for 6 CO2 molecules
x = 1/6 * 12 = 2 glucose molecules for 12 CO2 molecules
x = 1/6 * 18 = 3 glucose molecules for 18 CO2 molecules
x = 1/6 * 24 = 4 glucose molecules per 24 CO2 molecules
When these data are plotted on a graph with x as the dependent variable and y as the independent variable, a linear relationship with a slope of 1/6 and an intercept of 0 is obtained.
As mentioned in the equation, this indicates that for every 6 CO2 molecules, 1 glucose molecule is created.