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Which describes the basic structure of a fatty acid?

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Answer:

in short the correct answer is c

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Answer:
The correct option is a long carbon and hydrogen chain and a carboxyl group.

Reason:
Fatty acid is basically consists of two main parts:
a hydrocarbon tail connected with carboxylic group as shown in the figure.
Which describes the basic structure of a fatty acid?-example-1
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