An unknown sample is found to be soluble in water. The aqueous solution was found to change blue litmus paper to red and it gave a red precipitate with Benedict’s reagent. How many functional groups are present in this sample and what are their identities? There are two explanations as to why these functional groups are present in this sample. What are these two explanations

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An unknown sample is found to be soluble in water. The aqueous solution was found to change blue litmus paper to red and it gave a red precipitate with Benedict’s reagent. How many functional groups are present in this sample and what are their identities? There are two explanations as to why these functional groups are present in this sample. What are these two explanations? 

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