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Transcribed Image Text:2. The skeletal structure of acetic acid shown below is
correct, but some of the bonds are wrong.
H:O:
co
H=C-C-0-H
H
a. Identify the incorrect bonds and explain what is wrong
with them.
b. Write the correct Lewis structure for acetic acid.
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