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Soaps are the sodium or potassium salts of

  1. Abenzenesulphonic acids
  2. Blong-chain fatty acids
  3. Cglycerol
  4. Damino acids

Answer: B

Soap is made by treating fats and oils with alkali and the products are sodium or potassium salts of long-chain fatty acids such as stearic acid.
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