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Transcribed Image Text:15. Which of the following statements concerning fatty acids is correct?
A. They are naturally occurring dicarboxylic acids.
B. They are rarely found in the free state in nature.
C. Their carbon chains always contain at least two double bonds.
D. They almost always contain an odd number of carbon atoms.
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