In chemistry, there is a class of compounds called alkanes. they have the general formula , where c stands for a carbon atom and h stands for a hydrogen atom. the subscript x stands for the number of carbon atoms, and the subscript stands for the number of hydrogen atoms in one molecule of the compound. carbon atoms hydrogen atoms alkane formula 1 4 2 6 3 8 suppose an alkane had 30 hydrogen atoms. how many carbon atoms would it have? a. 15 atoms c. 14 atoms b. 62 atoms d. 28 atoms