Glue guns used in craft projects contain a heating element that melts anadhesive that is a copolymer formed from ethylene and vinyl acetate(CH2=CHOCOCH3). Draw a possible structure of this copolymer,assuming that the copolymer is random and that there are two times asmany ethylene monomers as vinyl acetate monomers

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Glue guns used in craft projects contain a heating element that melts an
adhesive that is a copolymer formed from ethylene and vinyl acetate
(CH2=CHOCOCH3). Draw a possible structure of this copolymer,
assuming that the copolymer is random and that there are two times as
many ethylene monomers as vinyl acetate monomers

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A polymer is formed by the combination of smaller units together called a monomer. Polymers are broadly classified as condensation and addition polymers.

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