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What functional group can be found in every fatty acid?

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A fatty acid is a very important component of lipids and it is formed by a straight chain of an even number of carbon atoms with their respective hidrogen atoms and at one of the ends of the chain it has a carboxyl group (represented as -COOH).

Therefore the correct answer is:

The functional group that can be found in every fatty acid is a carboxyl group.

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