Question 48 Strigol is an important plant hormone that is released by crops such as rice and sugarcane. Unfortunately for these plants, strigol also activates the germination of any nearby witchweed seeds, resulting in the destruction of the crops by the parasitic weed. Strigol has nineteen carbon atoms. Determine the HDI of strigol, as well as its molecular formula. Strigol has four rings and five double bonds, for a total hydrogen deficiency index of . If saturated, a compound with 19 carbon atoms would have hydrogen atoms, but an HDI of means that hydrogen atoms are missing. So there must be hydrogen atoms in the formula. Inspection of the structure also reveals oxygen atoms, so the molecular formula of strigol must be C H O .

Mass is the amount of matter in an object.  weight is the measurement of the pull of gravity on an object.  say for example, you travel to the moon which has a different gravitational field compared to the gravitational field of earth. (gravitational fields: earth = 1, moon = 0.165)  now when you are on the moon, the pull of gravity on you is different than on the earth. and as weight is the measurement of the pull of gravity on an object, that means yes, your weight can and will change on the moon.  however, on the moon, on earth or even on jupiter, the amount of mass inside of you remains the same. meaning your physical mass remains constant.  in conclusion it is possible for your weight to change as your mass remains constant.