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Assertion : Palmitic acid has 20 carbon atoms including carboxy| carbon.
Reason : Arachidonic acid has 16 carbon atoms including carboxy| carbon.

A : If both Assertion and Reason are true and the Reason is a correct explanation of the Assertion.
B: If both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not a correct explanation of the Assertion.
C : If Assertion is true but the Reason is false.
D :If both Assertion and Reason are false.

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Palmitic acid and arachidonic acid are simple fatty acids. A fatty acid has a carboxyl group attached to an R group. The R group could be a methyl `(-CH_(3))`, or ethyl `(-C_(2)H_(5))` or higher number of `-CH_(2)` groups (1 carbon to 19 carbons). Palmitic acid has 16 carbons atoms including carboxyl carbon. Arachidonic acid has 20 carbon atoms including the carboxyl carbon.
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