Assertion :Palmitic acid has 20 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon. Reason: Arachidonic acid has 16 carbon atoms including carboxyl carbon.

Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are correct but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion

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Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect

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Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect

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Solution

The correct option is D Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect
Palmitic acid and arachidonic acid are simple fatty acids. A fatty acids has a carboxyl group attached to an R group . The R group could be a methyl $(- C H_{3})$ , or ethyl $(- C_{2} H_{5})$ or higher number of $- C H_{2}$ group ( $1$ carbon to $19$ carbons). palmitic acids has $16$ carbons atoms including carboxyl carbon Archidonic acid has $20$ carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon.
Both Assertion and Reason are incorrect.

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