A lipid such as oleic acid contains a number of double bonds in the carbon chain. Because of this, what term is applied to it
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C: “Unsaturated” because addition hydrogen atoms may be attached
to the carbon bonds if the double bond was replaced by a single bond. “Poly-”
because there is more than one instance of a double bond between adjacent
carbon atoms.
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