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A fatty acid completely filled by hydrogen with all carbons in the chain linked by single bonds is known as a

a. saturated fatty acid.
b. unsaturated fatty acid.
c. monounsaturated fatty acid.
d. linoleic acid.

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a, saturated fatty acid is the answer
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Answer: Option (a) is the correct answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

A saturated fatty acid is defined as an acid that contains chains of hydrogen and carbon atoms that are connected by single bonds.

For example,
C_(6)H_(13)COOH is a saturated fatty acid.

Whereas an unsaturated fatty acid contains double bond and linoleic acid is a poly-unsaturated acid, that is, there will be more that one double bonds.

Monounsaturated fatty acid contains one double bond.

Thus, we can conclude that a fatty acid completely filled by hydrogen with all carbons in the chain linked by single bonds is known as a saturated fatty acid.

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