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Name the acid present in the following:(a) Tomato(b) Vinegar(c) Tamarind. (CBSE 2006)

a. The acid present in tomato is oxalic acid.


b. The acid present in vinegar is acetic acid.


c. The acid present in tamarind is tartaric acid.

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