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(D) Fatty acids are organic acids that have a carboxyl group $(-COOH)$ attached to an $R$ group.The $R$ group can be a methyl group $(-CH_3)$,an ethyl

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(D) Fatty acids are organic acids that have a carboxyl group $(-COOH)$ attached to an $R$ group.The $R$ group can be a methyl group $(-CH_3)$,an ethyl group $(-C_2H_5)$,or a higher number of $-CH_2$ groups (ranging from $1$ to $19$ carbons).For example,palmitic acid has $16$ carbons,and arachidonic acid has $20$ carbons.Therefore,all the given options are correct representations of the $R$ group in fatty acids.

Column-$I$	Column-$II$
$(A)$ Short-chain unsaturated fatty acid	$(i)$ Oleic acid
$(B)$ Long-chain unsaturated fatty acid	$(ii)$ Crotonic acid
$(C)$ Short-chain saturated fatty acid	$(iii)$ Butyric acid
$(D)$ Long-chain saturated fatty acid	$(iv)$ Palmitic acid

$A$ fatty acid has a carboxyl group attached to an $R$ group. The $R$ group could be a

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