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Author: Bill Tillery, Stephanie J. Slater, Timothy F. Slater
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 12, Problem 14AC

Chapter 12, Problem 14AC, 
14. There are millions of organic compounds but only thousands of inorganic compounds

There are millions of organic compounds but only thousands of inorganic compounds because

a. organic compounds were formed by living things.

b. there is more carbon on Earth’s surface than any other element.

c. atoms of elements other than carbon never combine with themselves.

d. carbon atoms can combine with up to four other atoms, including other carbon atoms.

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