MICHAEL S. answered 10/07/16
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C6H12O6
Looks like they used precision to the nearest 0.1 gram when adding the molar masses for each element.
6C + 12H + 6O =
6(12.0 g/mol) + 12(1.0 g/mol) + 6(16.0 g/mol) =
72.0 g/mol + 12.0 g/mol + 96.0 g/mol =
180.0 g/mol
But, I did originally get 180.2 g/mol but that is with 0.01 gram precision.