Write the common name, IUPAC name and formula of one monocarboxylic acid and one dicarboxylic acid.

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Solution

Monocarboxylic acid:

Formula: $H C O O H$

Common name: Formic acid

IUPAC name: Methanoic acid

Dicarboxylic acid:

Formula: $C O O H - C O O H$

Common name: Oxalic acid (Simplest dicarboxylic acid)

IUPAC name: Ethane-di-oic acid

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