_______ and ________ acid are essential fatty acids because we must get them from foods since our bodies are unable to synthesize essential fatty acids with a double bond before the 9th carbon in the chain

a. trans fatty
b. alpha-linolenic
c. saturated fatty
d. linoleic


Answer:
b. alpha-linolenic
d. linoleic

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