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Dimer acetic acid in benzene is in equilibrium with acetic acid at a particular condition of temperature and pressure. If half of the dimer molecules are hypothetically separated out then

A

Superimposable on their mirro image

B

Not superimposable on their mirro image

C

unstable molecules

D

capable of showing geometrical isomerism

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