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A(n) _____ is a hydrocarbon in which one or more hydrogen atoms is replaced by a -COOH and a -NH^2 group. HELP PLEASE! Please explain.

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That would be an amino acid. The
NH_(2) (amine functional group) and -COOH is the functional group for a carboxylic acid hence AMINO ACID.
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