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Explain how a polysaccharide can be built using dehydration synthesis and broken down during hydrolysis.

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Polysaccharide can be built/formed by synthesis reactions in which a water molecule is eliminated via dehydration. The polysaccharides are broken down by hydrolysis reactions.

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